Post #457408 by JOHN-O on Sat, May 30, 2009 12:11 PM

On 2009-05-29 23:23, bigbrotiki wrote:

But here I go again, being accused of being limiting again, while all I am doing is trying to define a genre:

Film Noir is a genre. Would you say Jerry Lewis is a classic Film Noir actor?

Actually Film Noir geeks like me would argue that Film Noir is not a genre in the traditional sense. It's more of a mood or style versus a specific visual iconography. I thought Jerry Lewis was pretty "noir" as Buddy Love in the "Nutty Professor". Also take an actor like Fred MacMurray. Whether you consider him a noir icon would depend on if you remember him as Walter Neff in "Double Indemnity" or as the guy from the "My Three Sons" TV show or the live-action Disney comedies.

Exotica may fall into this more subjective category. With Tiki, it's easy. You have to have physical tikis. Just like the Western genre (cowboys, horses) or Science Fiction (space ships, aliens, robots, etc.)

Anyway I see the beginning of a very long (and fun) thread. "Exotica or not Exotica ??"

OK, I guess I'll go back to my Las Vegas thread now.

Sorry, I take my mid-century culture audiences where I can get them. :)

JOHN-O

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2009-05-30 12:48 ]