IVIV When you wish upon a joint

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Sat Sep 5 19:33:36 CDT 2009


On Sep 5, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Page wrote:

> I don't know much about noir fiction, so this may be off base, but  
> might it be that, within the noir tradition, Bigfoot is not as bad  
> as he ought to be? As bad as cops usually are?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com 
> >
> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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> Subject: Re: IVIV When you wish upon a joint
>
>> maybe we can like Bigfoot because he isn't as bad as he could be

Chandler's "Bay City" [Santa Monica, if you wanna get technical] has  
super-bad cops, the type that will sap you and then dump you off at  
Dr. Conrad Murray's office to be the guinea  pig for some illegal &  
dangerous drug experiments. Good thing Marlowe has so much experience  
with intoxicants or he would never get out of these "clinics" alive.  
Same with Doc.

Chandler also has the cantankerous cop Bernie Ohls—nominally a good  
guy and kinda friendly with Marlowe but don't ever get on his bad  
side. Bigfoot is more Ohls than one of the Bay City cops, but he's  
still no angel.







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