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

[alice wellintown]

The conversation begins with two Junior G-Persons talking about what
one gets out of exploiting the other. The answer the text provides,
not only in this scene or for these two alone but for professionals
who step on one another to get a better footing on the late-capitalist
ladder is, meaningless perquisites and petty comforts, not to mention
the envy of those who are a few rungs below. Penny sez, "Maybe you
don't want to know." Tannan (not the great literary critic but the
great linguist who has written several books on discourse at the work
place and conversations between males and females) would argue that
Larry is not listening to what Penny is saying. She is saying, "Do you
want to know?"  But Larry doesn't listen. To make matters worse, he
does what males usually do in such conversations, he treats her
discourse like a problem or puzzle to be solved" "Let me guess ..."
and of course his conjecture and, to make matters worse, his solution,
is not communication or support. Larry steps on her lines. Realizing
that she is not in a conversation between to G-Persons, she lets him
cannonball into the empty pool. She gets what she wants by pretending
to engage in discourse. Larry thinks she needs protection; she's in a
bind. She is, after all, a woman. But she is clever. She knows what
she wants. She knows how to gets what she wants. Poor Larry. If he
would only listen he might understand women and how they use language,
but he 's a knight on a quest.

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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