Not Drugs The Anatomy of Melville's Melancholy (Thoreau:

[Clément Lévy]

I like this kind of innocuous friends.
It reminds me some of the Stranger's line in the beginning of the Big  
Lebowski: "sometimes there's a man--I won't say a hee-ro, 'cause  
what's a hee-ro?--but sometimes there's a man. And I'm talkin' about  
the Dude here-- sometimes there's a man who, wal, he's the man for  
his time'n place, he fits right in there--and that's the Dude, in Los  
Angeles."
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/b/big-lebowski-script- 
screenplay.html
Denis too fits right in there!
Clement

Le 17 nov. 09 à 05:04, Joseph Tracy a écrit :

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> On Nov 16, 2009, at 10:12 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
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>> What does Denis do that matters?
>> Does he do anything in this work that causes us to think or  
>> question or feel?
>> Or is he just a comic character set next to Larry/Doc to cast shadows
>> and hear conversations?
>> He reminds us of Homer's pal, Barney.
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> There are a lot of people in IV and in real life who do a lot of  
> damage. Denis is a loyal friend to at least one good person, a  
> person moving from money as the measure of life to karma, a person  
> who is the only clear agent of justice in this story. There is  
> something to be said for doing no harm, for being there when a  
> friend is freaking out to ask if you are okay. Most of us have  
> competent friends like Tito and Fritz and less competent friends  
> like Denis. I like him being there, and the comic relief doesn't  
> bother me at all.
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> "Yeah man" Denis put in," but we're in a Mercedes, and it's only  
> painted one color, beige- don't we get points for that?"
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