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The timing is often tertiary to kidnapping schemes, shoot-outs, and terminally flawed lawmen caught in labyrinthine plots.
Oftentimes, it just moves through it.
Theres also his setting of choice, which is usually Los Angeles.
SoCal climates arent conducive to snow and cold, removing an easy crutch in fabricating holiday atmosphere.
helped define action-cinema tropes of the 80s and 90s.
It also happens to take place during the Christmas season.
Fifteen minutes into the movie, we watch him put a gun in his mouth.
Most wonderful time of the year, indeed.
When he returned, it would be with his directorial debut, 2005sKiss Kiss Bang Bang.
They are, to put it lightly, not the best guys.
Even its sweet ending comes with a few grains of salt.
After a brief but memorable (and Christmas-set!)
And I thought, thats just a little hidden piece of magic.
So that, in a lot of words, is the answer.
Black presents it in a more sober light.
Blacks affection for the holiday shines through in how his characters choose to coexist with that absence.
If we dont celebrate those, after all, we have nothing.
A Shane Black Christmas isnt all that merry.
Maybe it will tomorrow, or next week, or next year.
