Not P but DFW: peephole

[Mark Kohut]

Many junior high boys are always trying to see more female flesh that
society--doors, walls, etc.--keeps hidden.

Is this what you mean....

On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace's *Big Red Son *(from*
> Consider the Lobster and Other Essays*), an article about the porn
> industry:
>
> The best way to describe the sonic environment at the ’98 CES is: Imagine
> that the apocalypse took the form of a cocktail party. Male fans move
> through the fractal maze of booths in groups of three or more. Their
> expressions tend to be those of junior-high boys at a peephole, an
> expression that looks pretty surreal on a face with jowls and no hairline.
> Some among them are video retailers; most are not. Most are just hard-core
> fans, the industry’s breath and bread. A lot of them not only recognize but
> seem to know the names, stage names, and curricula vitae of almost all the
> female performers.
>
> I assume the peephole here refers to the viewing hole of a erotic peep
> show, is that correct?
>
> Some editor changed it to a plain peephole, as on a door, which doesn't
> make any sense to me. Is there anything special about the expression of
> a junior-high boy standing outside a door as seen through a peephole? or
> trying to look through one?
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