1.0The Educated Imaginationhttps://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblogMichael Happyhttps://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/author/michaelhappy/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0judiI4ea4"><a href="https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2011/05/28/frye-at-the-movies-detective-story/">Frye at the Movies: “Detective Story”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2011/05/28/frye-at-the-movies-detective-story/embed/#?secret=0judiI4ea4" width="600" height="338" title="“Frye at the Movies: “Detective Story”” — The Educated Imagination" data-secret="0judiI4ea4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8NnjbzsTP8 Frye refers to this movie in his 1952 diary as a “sardonic masterpiece.” Detective stories generally were a source of almost guiltless pleasure for him (even putting aside their value in studying popular and primitive archetypes), and he made reference to them often. However, this personal account in his 1942 diary of reading them […]