XXX:
Dirty Eyes and Other X-Rated Gumshoes
There's always been a certain amount of sexual hijinks in the world of private detective fiction, right from the start. If you don't believe me, read early reviews of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon -- readers were shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED! by the sexual frankness. Or check out the first filmed version of that classic tale.
X Eyes.
Strictly soft-core here, plenty of innuendo and some smirky, mostly
off-stage sex, bolstered by a lot of nudge-nudge, wink-wink and
adolescent humour. A lot of "tiddly-winks are orbed,"
as Dan Turner, the patron saint of spicy detectives would say.
Just racy enough to make Aunt Marsha occasionally blush.
XX Eyes
Okay, these call a spade a spade. Still a lot of
innuendo, but people actually have sex, and it's usually depicted
in some detail. Enough to make Aunt Martha leave the room.
XXX Eyes
Okay, this is the real deal. We're not talking
about innuendo here, or even high-volume promiscuity here. We're
talking out-and-out smut here, private eyes who appears in films
and literature whose primary (and possibly sole) focus is, well,
sex. You can call it porn or erotica or whatever, but these eyes
are out for a good time, and if they crack a case, well, it's
only between bouts of the horizontal bop. Aunt Catherine's going
to blush and leave the room, or call in Uncle John and Katie,
bar the door.
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