SLPAD 19
Michael Bailey
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Wed Mar 8 05:38:41 UTC 2023
37 degrees Fahrenheit Vs 37 degrees Celsius does seem like one of those
clues that I would never twig to without some kind of a vademecum or Virgil
or pony.
Other things to remember to look for in the story would be the marital
crisis. All I can remember is doesn’t the spouse have some kind of
pre-Raphaelite name?
And does the marital crisis center - in that respect similar to Flange’s -
around oddball friends dropping in? A conflict between party time and
quality time?
And then weren’t there some critical takes accentuating an “upper
room/lower room” dichotomy?
Does that intertwine with the aforementioned Virgin/Dynamo/cybernetic
dichotomy (pick two) or even trichotomy? (Upper room/lower room/world
outside?)
Can one ignore protestations of flat characters & feel something for them?
If so, how/what/why?
And can we fabricate some useful explication from the reference to Dion’s
song “Runaround Sue?”
https://youtu.be/nFch8vH81ks
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