VLVL 3 Zoyd and Hector

Dave Monroe monrovius at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 13 04:39:08 CDT 2003


Or, rather, and more specifically, a deliberate effort
on Hector's part to accentuate stereotypes about his
ethnicity.  Which reminds me, note the use of, in
Hector's case, accents (all those "-ín"s), and, in
Zoyd's, apostrophes (e.g., all those "-in'"s) ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the notion -- Paul N's point I think -- that
> Hector has self-consciously nurtured a "Ricardo
> Montalban impersonation" over the years is the basic
> gist of the characterisation (23.21).  And I'd say
> this has been a deliberate effort on Hector's part
> to accentuate his ethnicity.

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