I worked in several stores there as well that had black clientele. I have never read any of mosleys works so lets just say that he made a good first impression on me. Devil in a blue dress book by walter mosley official. Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress devil with the blue dress on devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue. Devil in a blue dress literature essays are academic essays for citation.
The main character, easy rawlins, has just been fired from his job at an airplane manufacturing plant. I always tried to speak proper english in my life, the kind of english they taught in school, but i found. With the money he made in devil in a blue dress, easy has become a landlord. Raymond chandler meets richard wright in this notquitesuccessful first novel set in 1948 l. Devil in a blue dress was written and directed by carl franklin, whose one false move remains one of the great recent crime movies.
Franklins adaptation sticks to mosleys novel for its first half, but to. How do we respond to women seeking power, and the men who misuse it. Like many of mosleys characters, mouse makes a return appearance in the succeeding easy rawlins mysteries, such as a red death, black betty, and white butterfly, every one of which is as good as devil in a blue dress, his first. Devil in a blue dress by walter mosley 9780743451796 brand new. A bakers dozen of books featuring the character of ezekiel easy rawlins were penned by author walter mosley, and its a shame the box office failure of devil in a blue dress prevented any more. Film the hardboiled mystery novel, devil in a blue dress, by walter mosley was first published in 1990 and was acknowledged by former u. Easy is also likable, sensible, moral, suffering and noble. In both films, certain plot elements are similar, but here he creates a rich atmospheric style, a mood. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. But this is a slightly different perspective because easy happens to be a black man. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of devil in a blue dress. The book was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name, which starred denzel washington as easy rawlins, and also featured jennifer beals, tom sizemore, maury chaykin, and don cheadle as the unhinged mouse.
His first book, devil in a blue dress, was published in 1990, won a john creasy award for best first novel, and was made into a motion picture starring denzel washington in 1995. The text centers on the main character, ezekiel easy rawlins, and his transformation from a day laborer into a detective. Although hes the hero of a detective novel, easy is no detective. Devil in the blue dress by walter mosley because im social.
Set in the late 1940s, in the africanamerican community of. Jane adams this text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Devil in a blue dress is a great read because the characters are well drawn, the scenes are believable and of course easy is a true hero, a good man and a long suffering man who has been through the wringer and is being put through one in the book. The novel devil in a blue dress is written to resemble a jungle in which there are different types of animals varying from vicious to benevolent. Devil in a blue dress introduced walter mosleys hero, ezekiel easy rawlins to the reading public. Devil in a blue dress is suspenseful, dramatic and compulsively readable. A black world war ii veteran turns to the dangerous. Never read any walter mosley books,this is a brilliant book,rally,really. Easy rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. The devil in a blue dress character analysis 1150 words.
Financial analysis of devil in a blue dress 1995 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Here, lowkey black detective easy rawlins, fired from his job at a defense plant, agrees to locate femme fatale daphne monet for white gangster dewitt albrightand of course finds more than he bargained for. Walter mosley created this story with this method to create an underlying story and to help explain the main characters personalities. I did like how easy started to get used to being a private investigator and how he was going to start his own business. Denzel washingtons redo of the equalizer was reportedly developed with a franchise in mindhis first such attempt in a long and ultrasuccessful career. Devil in a blue dress is a great read because the characters are well drawn, the scenes are believable and of course easy is a true hero, a good man and a long suffering man who has been through the. This wednesday, august 6th, at 6 pm, mysterypeople will host a screening of carl franklins 1992 noir classic devil in a blue dress, based on walter mosleys book of the same name. This study guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of devil in a blue dress. Devil in a blue dress isnt your typical noir film, but noir none the less.
Mitch ryder devil with a blue dress on lyrics genius. Devil in a blue dress npr coverage of devil in a blue dress. Devil in a blue dress is a 1990 detective novel written by walter mosley. Devil in a blue dress was released in 1995 staring denzel washington as easy and jennifer beals as daphne monet. Devil in a blue dress rhetorical analysis novel vs. President, bill clinton, as one of his many favorite novelists easy writer. The characters,the story line the whole feeling of the book,a different insight to. Watch devil in a blue dress lovedieout on dailymotion. Complete summary of walter mosleys devil in a blue dress. Devil in a blue dress is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by walter mosley, his first published book.
A theatrical battle over exactly how it all went down, devil with the blue dress asks who were the heroes and villains, and why, twenty years later, were only beginning to grapple with one of the most challenging questions in american political history. As many have pointed out, ezekiel easy rawlins, hero of walter mosleys series of detective novels, makes a great alternate whatif choice for a washingtonfronted series. Walter mosley private detective easy rawlins looks for a gangsters girlfriend in 1940s l. Devil in a blue dress has everything you could ever want in a noir. Paperback book walter mosley, devil in a blue dress signed autographed. The screening is part of our ongoing noir double feature film series, a biweekly mysterypeople event where we screen a film adaption of. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of devil in a blue dress by walter mosley. Feeling squeezed financially and afraid to forfeit his humble home, easy agrees to work for an unsavory white man named dewitt albright. He graduated from johnson state college in vermont.