Genres die when it becomes impossible to create original work within it but rather only metacommentary on the genre itself.
Take the Noir genre. You can write a neo-Noir (like Brick) or a self-conscious imitation (Chinatown, Mank) or a parody but what you cannot do is make a straight ahead Noir.
Genres die when it becomes impossible to create original work within it but rather only metacommentary on the genre itself.
Take the Noir genre. You can write a neo-Noir (like Brick) or a self-conscious imitation (Chinatown, Mank) or a parody but what you cannot do is make a straight ahead Noir.