VLVL2 (4) Off-stage & On the Waterfront
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 6 06:49:09 CDT 2003
> Could Zoyd be both? He's paired with Flash and not just through
> what's-her-name. That pairing is nothing of the schlemiel.
One of the things that happens in VL is that the characters can't quite
see themselves for what they are, have been, have don and have failed to
do. But, they can see all these in their doubles. And everyone is a bit
of a double of everyone else. So of course Flash is paired with Zoyd.
Both are now in-lawed to the Union Family. But Flash (another guy who
has changed his name) is paired with Hector. Bloods, you might say. Or,
I should have said, Vatos.
>
> Hector and Ralph Wavyone -- that's not an essential pairing.
> Both just happen to be thugs and entirely dependent on an
> illicit cash flow. They share a few other qualities.
What Ralph are you talking about, Sr. or Jr. ??
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