VL-IV morally equivical, duplicitous types
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bandwraith at aol.com
Thu Jan 8 07:43:30 CST 2009
Laura writes:
But why are these morally equivocal, duplicitous types
all female? Or maybe I've just missed their male
counterparts? Any suggestions, anyone?
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I'm trying to think of all the major male characters who
are not morally equivical, duplicitous types. The more
I think, the shorter the list gets. In fact, it seems to
be more a matter of degree.
Frenesi stands out as a particularly exasperating
female character- by design I would argue- because
she was in such an enviable position. By the time she
disappears, only a few know what really happened, and
just how feckless and treacherous she was, but Hector
realizes her potential value in 1984. After her real past has
been cleaned up and candy coated by the screenwriters,
she's going to come out smelling like a rose. Who will be
motivated enough, or left in any condition, to make the
necessary historical "adjustments" and allow the truth
to brought to light? And even then, once fame has set
in, all that "dirt" can only serve to make her newly
rehabilitated media persona more marketable. Pure gold.
Watch that girl, she's going places- just the type of
story Americans love- pass the milk duds.
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