The Neo-Noir short stories "The Method" and "Morocco Junction 90210" are both written as female being the protagnast and the first person narrator. When being compared to Double Indemnity, the stories are definetly different in many ways; not only because it's not a man telling the story but just the story in general changes. The stories become more feminine in ways that other stories never went before, almost like there is more detail and definetly more attitute. When a man tells the story the enviorment is extremely more serious then when a women is telling the story...although the seriousness is still there, it wouldnt be a noir without that.
I found that I can relate to the short stores of "The Method" and "Morocco Junction 90210" mostly because it was from a womens piont of view but also because I felt like I was watching it happen...I know thats weird to say but sometimes it is hard to concentrate of something that is hard to read. I really found these stories as an "easy read". But does that quality not make them a Noir? No.
When you think about qualites or noir and these stories you have to look at it from a different angle, step back and look at the whole picture. They both still have murder and if you ask me that the most important factor in any noir.
I agree both stories I found easier to read, I can’t believe how much easier it was just because there was a female narrator versus a male. I also felt I could relate better and understand what I was reading more clearly. Cheesy to say but I felt as I was part of the story because of how well I understood. You have a good point about stepping back and seeing it from a different angle, by doing that it allows you to see the characteristics of film noir in both short stories. I think we need to read more female protagonist novels to help keep me concentrated.
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