IVing IV 'indict a bean burrito', p. 277

[Mark Kohut]

alice writes:
> We can't be sure that Penny is in a
> pinch. Larry is reading her
> wrinkles and earings here but she doesn't say enough to
> support the
> claim that she is being squeezed. 

Nah, you missed this, Alice...when he stated the truth is when
she touched his hand. Tenderly......she was understood without words......
what could lead to love, but won't.


In fact, since Larry
> doesn't let her
> finish her statements, and because he assumes the, "I'll
> protect you
> position" here, I read it as Larry's misreading her yet
> again. Larry
> doesn't seem to understand that,  As modern Hamlet
> sez, "Ambition, thy
> name is woman."
> 
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > p. 277 a classic PI novel scene wherein the PI and
> > an insider dialogue it out over information. I say
> decently done
> >
> > as Doc tries to find out why the Feds were in Vegas
> and, showing
> > his cynical smartness, asks Penny what she is getting
> out of it
> > and already knows They have something on her, she
> wasn't wanting
> > something from them. So, her betrayal was not just
> malignancy but
> > some kind of self-protection.
> >
> > p 277 Penny: a 'world of heartache' does seem to echo
> 'world of
> > pain' from Lebowski, yes? Or just a general way of
> expression?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>