Film Noir Buff Style Forum / On Cool. was "Looks"

Bop · 2014-06-01 14:21:41

A Dork would be intelligent but socially awkward. A numpty is of low IQ and easily lead.

Worried Man · 2014-06-01 14:48:21

Just did a quick read through Questlove's essay, which does offer interesting and salient points regarding the concept of cool as it relates to our discussion here.

formby · 2014-06-01 15:08:02

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Worried Man · 2014-06-01 15:13:12

Smoking, something that was ultimately cool for decades, is also now under attack as something uncool.

Worried Man · 2014-06-01 15:14:06

Yes, spongy and fluid. I was hitting at that earlier.

Worried Man · 2014-06-01 16:19:40

Worried Man · 2014-06-01 16:21:51

Here's a link to the Questlove essay on the death of black cool that Bop cited. Whaddayaknow.... a picture of Miles Davis front and center. He interestingly (and probably no surprise) has already touched on some of the things we've also touched on, but worth a read.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/questlove-hip-hop-failed-black-america-part-3-black-loses-cool.html

David Reeves · 2014-06-01 17:09:03

4F Hepcat · 2014-06-02 01:46:41

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NJS · 2014-06-02 06:06:23

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Worried Man · 2014-06-02 09:05:30

Love the culmination of preppy ennui, dance/techno, and hip hop in the chart up there FXH. Goes a long way in explaining why I hate everything.

fxh · 2014-06-02 09:44:39

WM I estimate your personal cut off date to be 29 august 1989.

Worried Man · 2014-06-02 11:59:28

Bop · 2014-06-03 00:30:12

Ironically post-cool is not about being cool, because that's not cool. And if you're trying not to be cool that's not cool either.

NJS · 2014-06-06 15:22:45

Re-watched Pimpernel Smith (1941) today, after Hep mentioned it - wonderful film -and consider the circumstances in which it was made! Smith's disappearance at the end, leaving only a cloud of cigarette smoke, is absolutely terrific

4F Hepcat · 2015-07-24 09:35:40

Bump for Leslie Howard, who seems more than any other, to embody that English sangfroid-coolness.

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