10-March-2008, 12:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gillianren
Ah, but does it get on your nerves?
Actually, in the old days of the Code, films couldn't have endings wherein Good didn't prevail. (I'd argue that, in Double Indemnity, the protagonist is Fred MacMurray, who assuredly doesn't prevail.) Somehow, sins always had to be punished.
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What the hell happened to the concept of "tragedy"?
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