One has to wonder what King’s approach to writing would be like if he hadn’t grown up devouring pulp fiction. It has inspired his rage against the system, his attitude toward certain political states of mind. Without crime fiction, there is no Stephen King. His books are littered with references to his writing heroes. Read any interview or essay where King discusses his early inspirations, and you’re bound to find numerous hardboiled writers’ names machine-gunned out as a response.
When MacDonald agreed to write the introduction for King’s debut collection, Night Shift, he nearly pissed himself. He was a goddamn noir geek, if you want to know the truth. He grew up mainlining pulp legends like Richard Stark and John D. And horror and crime? I can’t think of a more exciting tag team. Nearly every book can be classified under multiple genres. Which is odd, because while, yes, The Outsider is a crime novel, it also clearly falls under horror. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch) and he would finally return to his horror roots.
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Maybe this latter group figured he’d gotten the genre all out of his system now that he’d concluded his Bill Hodges trilogy about an ex-cop tracking down a serial killer ( Mr. Also, she appreciates a cute butt and isn’t embarrassed to say so! What’s more, Davis’ sharp writing gives her a lot to say about the unfair societal expectations women face when it comes to child rearing.When news of Stephen King’s latest novel, The Outsider, first broke, the horror community found themselves divided into two camps: those willing to welcome this new title with the same enthusiasm as his previous publications, and those disappointed that King had once again decided to release something under the crime umbrella. She’s single and confident, charming in a very relatable sort of way, and wears the hell out of an oversized sweater. But if you can overcome that hurdle, you’ll notice that Diane is a character we might hail as progressive even today (again, not her portrayer Alley). I can’t blame you if this knowledge prevents you from enjoying or even watching this movie. Her political views are reprehensible, and undeniably taint her otherwise charismatic and down-to-earth performance as Diane. She’s admitted to voting for him not once, but twice, and endorsed him during his 2020 campaign.
Let’s pause to address the obvious: Alley is a virulent supporter of Donald Trump, one who has remained steadfast despite his blatantly false claims of election fraud in recent days. Hal Hinson at the Washington Post wrote, “With their perilously wide, Walter Keane eyes, the Olsen twins are cute enough, but compared with other child performers their charms seem forced.” The New York Times piled on, with Stephen Holden writing that, “The Olsen sisters lay on the icky-poo cuteness with several trowels, often delivering their lines as though they were reciting the alphabet.” In the critical equivalent of a “meh, you won’t die of boredom if you’re forced to watch,” Edward Guthmann at the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “Take The Parent Trap, the old Disney summertime chestnut with Hayley Mills, toss it with Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, and you've got the formula for It Takes Two, a harmless caper that ought to thrill girls under 12, and offer modest diversion to their parents.” Critics hated it, adding Andy Tennant’s feature directorial debut, written by Davis, to the trash heap of overlooked movies explicitly made for young girls, and therefore unworthy of much attention.
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