MDDM Ch. 30 Dolly

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 24 11:15:55 CST 2002


>>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
>>Moreover, when we meet Molly and Dolly, they appear to be dizzy damsels 
>>doubled, vigorously nudging one another, laughing at different rates of 
>>speed. Ben does say they are students of the Electrikal arts, but quips 
>>that he examines them on the subject (playing doctor). When he can't 
>>manage to think of the word to describe the venue for his gig that coming 
>>evening, he asks the girls, what is the Word I *Grope for.* This play, 
>>sexual suggestiveness, is also evidenced by Molly's *piping* that she 
>>(Presumably Dolly)  saw *it* glowing in the dark. Ben, his hair a mess,  
>>appears to be tossed in a silly and seductive storm of female mirth.

Molly & Dolly also remind me of the pair of females with rhyming names (I 
forget what they were) that Benny and Pig Bodine cavort around DC with 
before Benny departs for Valetta.  Comic and seductive playthings for our 
boys.  Molly & Dolly are just more developed.

>>And what about the outfits these ladies are turned out in? WOW! It's as if 
>>they or Ben knew more about Dixon and Mason than one would expect. While 
>>the embroidered slogans ("no Free Kisses", "Be Quick About It") suggest 
>>that Molly and Dolly are not students of the same electrickal arts as Dr. 
>>Franklin, but may be teachers rather or professors of the ancient art of 
>>pretending to love,

This "pretending to love" is what prostitution is all about, right?  And the 
slogans you mention seem aimed at the girls' potential "Johns."

>>it is the fabrics and the patterns that I suspect are subliminal messages 
>>for our boys.

Those embroidered messages also remind me of those Sweethearts candies with 
their short little seductive messages:

"I LUV U"
"BE MINE"
"U R CUTE"

http://collectibles.about.com/library/contest/blhearts.htm


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