GR translation: Closet Intellectual Book & candycane control room

[Mike Jing]

V680.25-35, P693.33-694.3   Maximilian is way down in the bottom of the
orchestra pit posing as the C-melody saxophone player, complete with Closet
Intellectual Book, The Wisdom of the Great Kamikaze Pilots, with
illustrations by Walt Disney—screaming, hairy-nosed, front teeth in white
dihedral, slant-eyed (long, elaborate curlicued shapes) round black
licorice dognosed Japs, zoomin’ through ev’ry page! and any time he’s not
playing that saxophone, you can be sure Maximilian will be, to the casual
observer, immersed in this diffuse, though rewarding, work. Myrtle meantime
is back in the candycane control room, manning the switchboard and ready to
swoop in at any time to save the others, who are sure (through their own
folly if nothing else) to be in deep trouble soon.

1. Is the purpose of the Closet Intellectual Book to hide the fact that one
is actually an intellectual?

2. What is a "candycane control room"?
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