Bodine
Ya Sam
takoitov at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 22 13:52:25 CDT 2006
I would limit his persona to mere 'lasciviousness' if there hadn't been an
actual rape attempt. There was. So I would still consider him a villain in
this episode.
>From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>CC: richard.romeo at gmail.com, monropolitan at yahoo.com,
>mikebailey at speakeasy.net, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Bodine
>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:49:48 -0500
>
>Villainous, no. Lascivious, yes.
>
>He's a Pig, but he's not evil. If he'd attacked Benny to get at
>Paola, that would be a different story.
>
>David
>
>On 9/22/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Bodine is a bit villanious in V. In the attempted rape episode Pig
>>justifies his name. In the following flashback imho he is represented more
>>from a humourous side (talking black humour here) as a naive sucker almost
>>ending up with his balls roasted.
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