Word: noire
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...contrast this domineering site there is the frilly British "BodyAware" web page, featuring the "Apres Noir" men's lingerie collection. This is a "just plain fun" assortment of "sumptuous panties, basques and stockings in beautiful colours, all designed and made just for men...from bank managers to builders." In the "Apres Noir" showroom, there is even a British to American English glossary to eliminate confusion when mail-ordering; apparently many men, when ordering a black lace merry-widow for that special occasion, do not realize that "gusset" and "crotch" mean the same thing. Despite the goofiness of it all, there...
From "Catwoman's Window Sill," we can catch a glimpse of yet another application of the noir label. Catwoman presents to the public, for the first time, her "Poem Noir" collection; it is her "darkest poetry ever! Enter at your own risk." In this verse which has "escaped the confines of [her] muse," we catch sullen moments such as the opening stanza of "Poem Noir I": "I'm in a bad mood/Fit to kill/One might say/Not that I would/Just don't give me a weapon." Perhaps not quite as arresting as Raymond Chandler, but at least killing things...
...award for the most bizarre response to the search for "noir" has to belong to "The Penmaster's Place." The eponymous Penmaster, who appears at the top of the page in his "human disguise," claims to be the self-appointed commander of a master-race of evil penguins who are in a constant guerrilla struggle to take over the universe. At first glance, this seems to be an elaborate front for a psychotic Pittsburgh Penguins fan, but in fact there are far more devious forces at work here. The Penmaster heralds the imminent reign of penguins, which he insists...
...credo celebrates the "Blanc et Noir" of the penguin; for the Penmaster, the coloring of this seabird potently symbolizes the noir struggle between good and evil. However, as interesting a symbolic figure as the penguin is, the Penmaster pushes the idea quite a bit further than a simple intellectual statement. He presents an annotated list of the "most evil penguins" on the planet; a "Penguin Update" for up-to-the- minute information on the penguin revolution; and a link to a "corporation" called "Penco," which offers "the best in penguin care products and penguin accessories." This company even...
...World Wide Web is to be believed, anything can be noir: surf music, undies, poetry, even penguins. Maybe flexibility is the true magic of the noir genre. It is indeed hard to imagine a character more seedy, suspicious, dangerous, or elusive than the Penmaster...