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Investigating Couples: A Critical Analysis of The Thin Man, The Avengers and The X-Files Paperback – November 7, 2001

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Male-female detective pairings often exhibit offbeat, dark humor and considerable chemistry as they investigate crimes. They have proven to be both entertaining and alluring on screen and television.

This work reveals an evolutionary progression in the depictions of three detective duos: the married pair Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man, black-humored special agents John Steed and Emma Peel of The Avengers, and finally the smoldering Mulder and Scully in The X-Files. Ten chapters offer critical analysis, rich with background information and insider observations. Production comments are given throughout. Three appendices (one for each series) offer episode guides with original broadcast dates, credits and brief synopses.

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“rich with background information and insider observations”―New Books in the Communications Library; “very informative”―Scarlet Street.

About the Author

Tom Soter is the editorial director of Habitat magazine and an improvisational comedy teacher in New York City. He has written for many magazines and has also written another work on James Bond and other special agents.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland (November 7, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 247 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786411236
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786411238
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches

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Tom Soter is a writer, editor, and improv teacher. He has written for Entertainment Weekly, Diversion, Backstage, The New York Observer, Empire, and countless other magazines and newspapers. He was the managing editor of Firehouse magazine from 1978 to 1981, and since 1982, he has been an editor at Habitat magazine, the definitive publication for boards of cooperatives and condominiums in New York City. His books include Bond and Beyond: 007 and Other Special Agents (1993), a study of spy movies and television programs; Investigating Couples: An Analysis of The Thin Man, The Avengers, and The X-Files (2002); Some Thoughts and Some Photos, a memoir (2009); five volumes of memoirs and assorted other writing: Overheard on a Bus (2014), Disappearing Act (2015), Bed Bugs, Biondi & Me (2015), Driving Me Crazy (2015), You Should Get a Cat (2016), and Woman in Heels (2017); A Doctor and a Plumber In a Rowboat: The Essential Guide to Improvisation (2015), co-authored with Carol Schindler; Look at Them Now (2016), a collection of short fiction co-authored with Alan Saly, Tom Sinclair and Christian Doherty; and The Whole Catastrophe, an autobiography/memoir co-authored with George Soter. He currently produces and performs in the Sunday Night Improv comedy jam, which he has run since 1993, and has been teaching improv since 1987. He lives in New York City.