From the classic period of Noir until now, their has been major changes. The sexual attraction was illusive yet unmistakable. The women were femme fatales, but coerced the men into doing all of the dirty work. Drugs were not on the scene. In my opinion Neo -noir leaves nothing to the imagination. The women are more cut throat, and as we see in “Dangerous Days” they use sex as a weapon. The women in both stories are headstrong and I would even dare to say they are ruling over the men. One of the elements that I noticed the classic noir and neo noir have in common is the twisted story line. As I read the pages of the book deep down inside I am hoping for a different out come than what is the fate of the characters.
The femme fatale character still gets what she wants through manipulation of the male character. All in all I am continuing to learn about neo noir. Even though I am living in neo noir times, I felt a connection with classic noir. After reading “Dangerous Days” I was a bit culture shocked and thought this would take some time for me to adjust. But… When I read “Midnight in Silicon Alley” it blew my mind! I would have to relate Mrs. Chen to Mrs. Nirdlinger in the way that they both betrayed their husbands. They were both heartless women, who got their thrills from money. They had husbands who provided, but there was something so deeply routed within that they just could not shake off. These women (as all femme fatale characters are) were appeased through murder!
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