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Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story

Revisionist History

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The Four Types of Police Stories

The Southern is the narrative of the police and authority as malignant, right? Think about the great Brian De Palma movie, The Untouchables, with Kevin Costner playing the role of Elliot Ness. They have been seduced by the criminality that they're supposed to contain,. That's what a Southern is, right? So these are the four kinds of police stories, excellence, absence, incompetence, corruption.

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