VLVL(7) one more thing

[dedalus204 at comcast.net]

Of course the violence theme park is silly.

It may be a great idea, and Isaiah 2:4 may argue its plans convincingly, and it may even strike readers as being quite plausible, but plausible only in a fictional world.  If Zoyd thinks it's a goofy idea, it's only because his status as an Everyman schlemeihl (sp?) character makes that an apt response.

It's very obviously social commentary on violence as marketing.
> What's so silly about his Violence Theme Parks Business Plan? Hell, I-24
> is an intelligent, articulate, savvy, and sensitive young man. Zoyd only
> objects to it because he's stupid, Tubed out and Burnt out and he
> doesn't really understand it. He thinks that he would need put up his
> house (give the bank a Mortgage) to secure credit. But, as Prairie and
> I-24 remind him, he's a local businessman. Zoyd doesn't really
> understand anything he's doing, had done or failed to do. I-24's
> Business Plan is first rate. And, the imploding Tubes isn't nearly as
> violent as what Zoyd plans to do or what Frenesi did or what DL did or
> what the Thanatoids and that entire generation of assholes finds so
> funny--monkey meat loaf in the grave and what's worse of course, their
> need for revenge, the inability to forgive.  I-24 and Prairie are smart
> kids. The kid talks business and music with skill. He's sensitive,
> realizing that the the fake Italian accents are offensive. But Zoyd has
> him out trying to buy assault rifles to take on Brock Vond and his army.
> TOOO BAD! What a great kid. And you judged him by one line of coke. So
> what, he's got big hands. You know what they say about brothers with big
> hands, right? They need big gloves. I-24 is good to Prairie and she's
> good to him. All that gender politics is satirized. Sisterhoods ass. 
> 
> Toby G Levy wrote:
> > 
> > I can't let the commentary on this chapter end without mentioning that
> > the delightful irony of Isaiah Two Four acting as peace maker between
> > Billy Barf and the mafia goon only occurs due to the silliness on page 19
> > of I-2-4's idea of a Violence Theme Park.
> > 
> > Otherwise the  character's actions would be wholly appropriate.
> > 
> > "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and
> > they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
> > pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither
> > shall they learn war any more"
> > 
> > Toby
> > 
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