MDDM Ch. 30 Dolly

[Terrance]

jbor wrote:  [Dolly & Dixon] sympathize with one another over their
> partner's predisposition to melancholia, and the strain it puts on them both
> to "be cheery all the time".


All excellent points (I too heard Mr. Burns from the Simpsons TV show,
but The Simpsons in one of the few TV programs I watch so...) But, while
Dolly and Molly seem to be on equal footing, Dixon is Mason's assistant.


Turning to M-D again,  Mason can be read as a mixture of the melancholic
Ishmael (Dixon is clearly his (homosexual wife)  and Ahab. Mason will be
leading the men at drawing the line and as Dixon says, he needs to cheer
Mason up to make the work lighter. 

Also, I'm not sure Dixon, although he seems to wants to, has gotten any.
Has he? If it is only implied (I don't think it is) that Dixon is having
sex (off stage), why has P decided to keep it off stage? We never see or
read about Dixon having sex in the Cape. Do we? Recall that Paul
Nightingale posted some very interesting stuff on Dixon as "outlaw." I'm
not sure I can see how a comparison of Dixon and Marvy makes any sense
at all. In fact, I agree with David Morris, Pig (in the novel V.) is a
better character to compare Dixon with. Molly and Dolly as Hanky and
Panky re-written (see Chapter 13 of V.) However, these comparisons,
while interesting can't be pushed very far. Unlike Pig, who tries to
rape Paola, Dixon thus far, has done nothing criminal. I don't think the
assumption being made, that is, that Dixon was having sex with
prostitutes, is supported by the text and even if it were, how does the
text support the harsh moral high ground that would judge him and
compare him with Marvy? 

Don't see it at all.