I'm currently working on a lecture on buddy action films, looking particularly at gender and race issues - and the displacement between the two - masculinity and the homosocial. I had heard that Sharon Willis - I *think* wrote a paper on bi-racial buddy action flicks, but I have had no luck locating it in any of the likely bibliographic indexes. Can anyone point me to this essay? Or perhaps any other likely sources I might have overlooked? The films I am focusing the most on are: Lethal Weapon 1-3, of course; Die Hard; 48 Hours; Money Train. I will also look a bit at Tango and Cash and Bad Boys, Laurel and Hardy, and some other stuff. Nick Chapman / [log in to unmask] / Program in American Culture, University of Michigan / ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]