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- Pulp fiction refers to a genre of literature and film characterized by its sensational, often lurid storytelling and emphasis on action, violence, and crime.
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Jul 26, 2024 · You’ll find Pulp Fiction references in everything from Ariana Grande videos to episodes of The Simpsons, but there has been nothing else quite like it, before or since. It isn’t surprising that...
- Geoffrey Macnab
Oct 14, 2024 · Pulp Fiction is full of witty and quotable monologues and dialogue, ranging from the philosophical to the mundane. Conversations about foot massages and blueberry pie bump up against Bible verses and reflections on fate and redemption.
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The life of the freelance creative artisan was precarious anywhere, but in Australia it had its own special circumstances. Britain and the USA had populations large and dense enough to sustain entire industries devoted to all aspects of pulp production, often concentrated in specific districts. It was a much riskier game in Australia, with its disp...
For the contemporary reader, the pleasures of pulp are complex and contradictory. Start digging and it is possible you’ll find unexpected literary finesse – plenty of people who eventually graduated to high literary respectability, such as David Markson, paid the bills early on by writing serviceable pulps. The early work of Patricia Highsmith and ...
Most cultural product – be it high, low or of the middle, nobly or cynically intentioned – sinks quickly into obscurity; headed for the dump, unread, unseen, unheard and uncelebrated. Live fast, die young etc. Which means there’s a lot there for the latter-day cultural ragpickers. It’s not that easy to spot the diamonds in the rough. Most of us nee...
Pulps through the 1980s went on to embrace ever more violent Serpico and Rambo-styled revenge sagas, as well as super tooled-up espionage, Mafia, mercenary and paramilitary adventure yarns – often with a massive gun barrel represented in hyper-perspective on the cover. Fans continue to debate where pulp went from there – maybe the internet simply c...
Mar 12, 2023 · Pulp fiction filled the gap in the market with immense amounts of literature that was consumed in vast quantities. Today the market exists as a cult attraction, creating feelings of nostalgia for a bygone era before the advent of televised entertainment.
- Greg Beyer
Jun 15, 2024 · The lurid style of pulp magazines eventually gave rise to hardboiled detective stories, trashy crime novels, gory horror comics, and erotic fiction, but the original magazines combined these elements into a mélange of boundary-pushing content.
Oct 14, 2014 · Pulp Fiction is ferocious fun without a trace of caution, complacency or political correctness to inhibit its 154 deliciously lurid minutes.” —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. “Tarantino is an ...
Oct 13, 2024 · Pulp Fiction is dark, often poignant, and very funny. It is, as one critic describes it , an “intravenous jab of callous madness, black comedy and strange unwholesome euphoria”.
