STFU

Matthew Keeley · 29 Mar 2009, 21:55 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com (Matthew Keeley)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:55:54 -0400
Subject: (urth) STFU
In-Reply-To: <NGECKNKNFCCKJFJGAFLHMEFJDMAA.stephenhoy at yahoo.com>
References: <49CCF485.1000007 at mindspring.com>
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Stephen Hoy <stephenhoy at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Cassie: "I wish we could be friends."
> B-R girl: "I've got three friends...Rita, Amber, and Christabelle."
> - p28
>
>
> First things first, why does Wolfe set a scene at a Baskin-Robbins? Does it
> have something to do with the company's 31 flavors? ?Maybe it's an allusion
> to Messier 31, the Andromeda galaxy.
>
> Second, why mention these three friends? Maybe they have something in common
> that pertains to Wolfe's plan for AEG.
>
> If we continue along the same theme of altered perceptions, the name 'Rita'
> suggests the character of Rita/Camilla in David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive."
> Cassie shares some interesting aspects with one of the actresses in this
> film, including responsibility for the death of at least one of the other
> characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_of_Cascia

The saint's life seems thematically relevant to AEG: Her love turns a
bad man into a good one.

What's this about R's little brother in AEG? I don't have the book on me here.

-Matt

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