MDMD2: Question marks

[Terrance]

Mark Wright AIA wrote:
> 
> Howdy
> 
> --- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> > "A party of Fops, Macaronies, or Lunarians, -- it is difficult quite
> > to
> > distinguish which,"
> 
> I rather like this line.  Not knowing what the word "Macaroni" might
> mean here, I looked it up. I also looked up "Lunarians". A Macaroni was
> one who, in the 18th cent., imitated extravagant continental fashions.
> A look at the costume of the French and Italian courts in this period
> reveals plenty of male leg in lavender hose, velvet, and big hair. A
> Lunarian was either someone who looked at the moon, or better, a
> character *from* the moon in a fanciful tale.

Yes, also note that the Dog's play on the term macaroni, the cannibalism
stuff. 
And that he ends up in a circle with one of the Fops, Derek. 

> 
> Whether these folks are common-or-garden dandies, or the more
> extravagant continental-ish dandies, or men from outer space, it is
> difficult to tell, perhaps because of the poor light. Their
> juxtaposition against an early avatar of Seaman "Pig" Bodine and his
> fellow deck apes is a nice touch, and typical of P, I venture.

Yes, hadn't thought about the lighting, but this makes a lot of sense
now.