Apocalypse: "Not for Sale in Canada"

[Terrance]

Jeremy Osner wrote:
> 
> jbor wrote:
> 
> >  I see
> > no such specific condemnation of any individual or group of individuals
> > either in the novel (except for Major Marvy)

Why, in your opinion, is Marvy the exception? How does this
exception fit into your assertions (which I agree with BTW)
about TRP's rejection, subversion of traditional "good guy"
and "bad guy" characterization? 


> 
> I've said this before: In my eyes the most harshly condemned individual in the
> novel is T. Bloat. Marvy seems like evil comic relief to me.

Why Bloat? 

BTW, the Firm's Bloatedness, its inability to, despite its
seemingly absolute power,  like that Polish rower's (reminds
me of the suicidal woman in the film Delicatessen) is
confirmed by Bloat's thinking that color film should have
been provided but was not. This sets off one of the great
frustrated quests of the novel, for both reader and
characters--Darlene and color coded stars. 


Dave, I can't quite nail down some of the connections your
posts imply. For example, I have my own take on GE and Marvy
and Lyle and Money but....intersting that jbor names Marvy
as the exception and you hint that GE is important here and
of course Marvy is working for GE, but that has to be worked
back as I have, well, what have you got on GE? What is the
GE connection? I'll check out that Dundes, but I don't
really get what you are suggesting with the stereotypes and
all? Why does TRP present  Marvy, for example, as  a
stereotypical southern U.S. military racist with a big white
stetson hat? His party with the limerick boys is paid for by
GE, right?