MDDM Ch. 30 Dolly

[Paul Mackin]

Terrance wrote: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.

Well, Wicks is telling the story WITH CHILDREN PRESENT. Maybe it's like American
movies in the period before, say, the mid 60s when because of the Hayes Office
sex could only be implied, kept off stage as you say, or not even that--our being
asked to believe, for example, that Montgomery Cliff and Frank Sinatra would be
willing to spend their hard earned soldier's pay in "From Here to Eternity" to
DANCE with that nice Donna Reed and the other girls. But to answer your question
I defintely got the impression Dixon was having sex whenever possible. And, not
to resurrect that earlier dispute with Doug, God bless him for it.

    P.