#u can always tell when a noir parody is done with contempt by ppl who have only ever seen other noir parodies

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duskpuppy isnt "a noir" bc its ultimately about defying the foundational assumptions of noir but it uses said genre conventions to visually and narratively convey the themes we built on top of it. and also it is being written by people who love detectives so damn much and also for me personally i go nutso crazy for a film noir. me and robin have been watching them together and having a huge blast. so whatever duskpuppy is isnt "noir" but it is dripping with love for it all over while doing it violence. its a conversation with the lovers of the genre about what it ultimately means. and if u hate noir and come at it with a bunch of assumptions about why it sucks just to see it subverted you will probably get a very cheap experience out of it tbh.