IVIV BIG DISCUSSION Compare & Contrast section, P. 32
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 3 08:57:23 CDT 2009
Nixon, and we know what TRP thinks of him, "throwing fistfulls of greenbacks..at local law enforcement"...Cf. Brock's funding in Vineland
and the cutting off of Zoyd (& Frenesi's) money...
"you want me to rat on everybody I ever met"...'how far back do we go'?, Doc appeals plaintively, with that old test of friends who can trust each other 'cause they know each other's character...
Contrast 'ratting' in Vineland, (which I know we have recently done a lot of.)
Why does TRP have Doc reflect on having to look 'past all that depressing detail' [of Bigfoot's unhip attempt at a hip look]... to even imagine Bigfoot married with kids?
p.33 {We have] this 'mysterious power' to ruin each other's day and we don't know anything 'about' each other? ....
BB: "You've ...defined the very essence of law enforcement."
Relate THIS to TRP's vision of human community...
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