Commentary on Lot 49....

Sat Feb 6 05:07:09 CST 2016

The line, "The father seemed to be up before a court-martial, now" is
supposed to refer to a character in the film on TV, but its placement
immediately after Metzger takes his pants off can only be interpreted as a
not-too-subtle means of telling us that he has an erection.
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