Maxine's Addiction

[Fiona Shnapple]

Who isn't? Or wasn't. All the characters in BE were so hooked on
entertainment they couldn't quit, so they joined. It's an orgy. Shawn, for
example, is addicted to The Brady Bunch, his clients know it and can't stop
talking about Shawn's addiction to the BB. Max's Parents don't much care
for Lincoln Center, politically they are with March who hates the place,
but you can't keep them away from its Opera House, The Met. They love to
argue opera, consider the lessons to be learned from an opera, like Tosca,
indispensable, a cultural literacy that they make sure their grandchildren
get.

But Max is a special case because she is the protagonist and she is
addicted to digging into the dirt on powerful white collar criminals, and
her jones ain't shopping, it's shooting.

On Friday, December 27, 2013, David Morris wrote:

> P. 83:  Is she thinking about hawalas, hashslingerz, even Reg's personal
> safety, actually no, it's that deco-derivative shuttle terminal of Lucas
> and Justin's that might or might not get her access to Deep Archer. [...]
> find her way through the maze.
> ---------
> The maze Max wishes to pursue is akin to fantasy quest video games.  Max
> is hooked on a video game.  She is hooked on entertainment .
>
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