tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post7308511806590675848..comments2023-03-29T10:25:18.702-04:00Comments on Read Me Deadly: Altered StatesSister Mary Murderoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-48779447080908360662011-11-17T18:04:53.454-05:002011-11-17T18:04:53.454-05:00I give The Thin Man another vote. How about Arthur...I give The Thin Man another vote. How about Arthur with Dudley Moore? The drinking in Sideways. Days of Wine and Roses. <br /><br />And talk about altered states, The Big Lebowski. Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Hunter S. Thompson. NikkiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-35041442369923109062011-11-17T12:57:46.023-05:002011-11-17T12:57:46.023-05:00Ooh, The Thin Man! Love it.
Favorite drunk scene...Ooh, The Thin Man! Love it.<br /><br />Favorite drunk scene in a movie is when Jimmy Stewart's character goes to see Cary Grant's in The Philadelphia Story. "C. K. Dexter-Haven, you have unsuspected depth!"Sister Mary Murderoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-74107643164471964312011-11-17T12:51:41.989-05:002011-11-17T12:51:41.989-05:00Entirely different in tone are the movie The Thin ...Entirely different in tone are the movie The Thin Man (with all those martinis and the charming Nick and Nora Charles) and the screwball mysteries by Craig Rice featuring the little lawyer, John J. Malone.Georgette Spelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853710671433406351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-59299783035440040252011-11-17T12:46:24.066-05:002011-11-17T12:46:24.066-05:00Movies: Barfly, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf...Movies: Barfly, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<br /><br />Movie/play: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof<br /><br />Book: Malcolm Lowry's UNDER THE VOLCANOGeorgette Spelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853710671433406351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-19243895022712034432011-11-17T11:17:08.690-05:002011-11-17T11:17:08.690-05:00Nice post. You said it, Nurse M. The way some guys...Nice post. You said it, Nurse M. The way some guys drink in movies and books has me on the floor just watching them. <br /><br />Outside of noir's heavy drinkers, recntly there seem to be fewer American PIs who aren't in recovery . Fictional cops in Scandinavian and Baltic nations & Russia seem to pull out the bottle to keep warm. I don't know if recent years have seen a decline in their drinking. ANybody able to tell me? <br /><br />Oh. Meant to ask. Favorite book, movie with an alcoholic? Mine, Chandler's The Long Goodbye and movie Leaving Las Vegas. KevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-40372834024037181672011-11-16T21:01:32.225-05:002011-11-16T21:01:32.225-05:00Interesting perspective... And very true. The rela...Interesting perspective... And very true. The relationship developed in books is further portrayed in media. In reality, the men who are supposed to be models of society (do I need to mention?) would not be able to function as highly as they portray.Nurse Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201320355828963600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-7751512879038150112011-11-16T16:37:38.912-05:002011-11-16T16:37:38.912-05:00Twenty-ive years ago you'd see a PI downing sh...Twenty-ive years ago you'd see a PI downing shots in a bar and stumble out to his car for the ride home. You don't usually see that any more. There's much more awareness about driving drunk in both life and in books, that good guys don't. <br /><br />I don't like it when the detective's alcoholism seems like the writer worked a formula when he was created. "Outsider, dislikes The System, doesn't always listen to The Boss, better make him an alcoholic".<br /><br />"Acceptable cultural habit". Excessive drinking is excessive no matter what the culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-80024547492363811822011-11-16T14:45:32.921-05:002011-11-16T14:45:32.921-05:00Some scientific studies show that a person's c...Some scientific studies show that a person's critical thinking is affected by the second drink. So when Jack Taylor down's his third double whiskey in a short time his only saving grace is that he is not driving. The authors often write as though the detectives are really drinking soda pop as they saunter out of the bar without stumbling into the door jamb.<br /><br />I once had a discussion about an early Peter Robinson mystery in which Inspector Banks in the course of one day had a few pints in a pub at lunch, several pints after work, more than one bottle of wine at dinner and where I felt this was more than a bit of alcohol, another felt it was an acceptable cultural habit. All in the eye of the beholder, but if he had to breathe into a bag he might have passed because he was eating and heavy. Banks in his later books really cut back in my view.<br /><br />I, too like to reread about the cops of character, Walt Longmire and Salvo Montalbano in my case.Maltese Condorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327846051123983457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-38965389369744935062011-11-16T13:30:25.046-05:002011-11-16T13:30:25.046-05:00Painful to watch Dexter's Inspector Morse take...Painful to watch Dexter's Inspector Morse take bad care of himself, the boozing and then neglecting his diabetes. I miss the books and the tv series. Pity John Thaw died young.<br /><br />Sometimes it's refreshing to read a book where the detective has okay self-esteem, decent relationships, no huge bad habits. I've been reading Ed McBain and the Travis McGee books again of late.<br /><br />Steve H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-45812745739644040412011-11-16T11:23:16.107-05:002011-11-16T11:23:16.107-05:00I'm pretty burned out on alcoholic detectives ...I'm pretty burned out on alcoholic detectives at this point. In the most recent Harry Hole book, The Leopard, Harry is completely wrecked on drink (and other substances). Yet somehow, he is still attractive to women, superhumanly strong, etc. Yeah, right.<br /><br />I haven't read the Dangerous Davies books yet, but just last week I watched the pilot of the British series The Last Detective and liked it a lot. I guess I'll now have to add the books to my list as well.Sister Mary Murderoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.com