VL--IV misc. p 70-71

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Sun Jan 4 20:13:09 CST 2009


laura wondered:
 She's put herself into a purgatory (somewhere between The Law and
Anarchy) to punish herself for that moment of weakness when she
informed on her friends.  There's more pain than ideology behind it,
her Woodstock best portrayed by the Joplin lyrics:  Freedom's just
another word for nothing left to lose.


not offered as a big insight, but here's a thought:
Frenesi and 24fps were trying to draw attention to crimes and have
them redressed
- as a snitch, she now has the ability to draw real retribution on her subjects



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