Vl-IV, Chapter 3: . . . this is a real revolution, pgs 26, 27

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Hector's reassembling of his bowling-lanes vegetarian tostada is an attempt to turn crap food into the comfort food he was raised on.  In a way, it's like going belly-up, making himself more vulnerable to Zoyd, as a sign of, if not friendship, then friendliness.  Reminds me of a scene in, I think, Serpico (kind of a crappy movie, in retrospect) where the commanding office hands Serpico and the other cops some neatly machine-rolled marijuana cigarettes so that they can familiarize themselves with the product, and Serpico and his buddy reassemble them into normal joints and smoke them as a bonding ritual.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>

>
>I offer up the possibility that Hector has turned a tad kinder over  
>the years, at least to the extent that the old dope cop somehow  
>recognizes the value of a long-running friendship, no matter how  
>twisted:
>
>	For Zoyd a creature of attitude himself, this long defiance had
>	been Hector's most persuasive selling point.
>
>Hector bribed Zody with free lunch at the Vineland Lanes in order to  
>warn Z Dubya of the oncoming shit storm as Frenesi's cover in the  
>witness protection program dries up*, thanks to Reagan's defunding of  
>all sorts of programs.  The B-Movie actor probably gave certain  
>programs the ax in order to demonstrate that he was some kind of  
>fiscal conservative.