Maxine's Addiction

[David Morris]

Given the condition or state of a common addiction to entertainment, do you
see an alternative presented?  Or are we all in KugleSchool? Embrace Your
Shit.

On Friday, December 27, 2013, Fiona Shnapple wrote:

> 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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