Are Characters with Manners Weak? by Jacqueline Vick
Who remembers the witty dialogue and impossible social
situations of old movies like My Man
Godfrey and Bringing Up Baby?
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
"Now it isn't that I don't like you,
Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn toward you,
but - well, there haven't been any quiet moments." Bringing Up Baby
"If you're going to be rude to my daughter,
you might as well at least take your hat off!" My Man Godfrey
The movies poked fun at social conventions, but they did it
with style. Being blatantly rude to
another person was unthinkable, but that didn't mean one had to remain silent. It was all in the phrasing.
Rude Response: "You
are so stupid."
Mannered Response: "I was prepared for a battle of the
wits, but you appear to be unarmed."
Which person would you vote for as the winner of that
confrontation? The clever one, of
course, and unless emotions were running high, both parties could get a laugh
from that zinger, which could diffuse the situation.
I recently read a review of my book, A Bird's Eye View of Murder. The person accused my character,
Frankie Chandler, of being another weak female. The reason cited? Because
Frankie put up with her quirky Aunt Gertrude's antics.
The reviewer assumed that Frankie doesn't respect her
elders. She also assumed that my main character lacks self-control. The Jerry
Springer show ushered in an era where people turned off the impulse control and
uttered whatever came to mind, however hurtful or rude.
It's easy to blurt out a cynical comment. It's more
difficult to keep it in, or if conversation is necessary, to keep it on topic
and avoid making it personal.
Having good manners isn't always easy, something Edward
Harlow, author of the Aunt Civility etiquette books, discovers when he's
exposed to murder. Edward and his younger brother, Nicholas, are the leads in
my latest mystery, Civility Rules.
In fact, that's the point of the title. Will the rules of
civility rule in the end, or fall victim to a stressful situation like murder? The book is available for Kindle, Nook and
other ebook fomats, and the paperback will be out in July.
Thank you for having me, Marilyn!
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SHORT BIO
Jacqueline Vick is the author of over twenty short stories,
novelettes and mystery novels. Her April 2010 article for Fido Friendly Magazine, “Calling Canine Clairvoyants”, led to the
first Frankie Chandler Pet Psychic mystery, Barking
Mad At Murder, followed by A Bird's
Eye View of Murder. Her first Harlow Brothers' mystery, Civility Rules, will be out in June
2016. To find out more, visit her website at www.jacquelinevick.com.
Comments
Your book has both these aspects in it and I love it for that. The brothers are quirky and don't always see eye to eye, but when the white glove is thrown down, and the little finger on the tea cup slumps beside its fellow, they join forces and.... (bow and say, "After YOU, my good man.") Just kidding. It becomes a swashbuckling rollick of good fun, mystery, suspicious clues, and... who can that masked man be???
I'm writing tongue-in-cheek, of course. Having and displaying manners, even if it's for looks, does NOT a weak character make. At least not in Jacqueline Vick's book.
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