To what extent are your chosen texts typical of their genre?
Sin City is a hybrid of film noir and the comic book genre.
Film Noir reflects the ‘chilly’ cold war period, which influences the paranoia,
mistrust and despair, which are important themes in the genre. It is also a
product of post modernism. Another genre convention of Film Noir is that all
male protagonists are damaged goods, this may reflect the period of when men
returned from the war and were scarred from the things they saw. For example, in
one particular scene, Dwight is driving with a dead corpse in the passenger
seat; he imagines Jackie-Boy has come back to life, which shows he is a
cynical, damaged protagonist. “Sure I’m just imagining him talking, but that
don’t stop the bastard from being absolutely right.” Proving Dwight knows
Jackie-Boy is dead but keeps talking and believing he is causing trouble.
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