John Wayne and Avril Conspiracy Theory
John Wayne and Avril Conspiracy Theory
I was poking around Infinite Summer and this forum topic proved of particular interest to me, especially the first post which saught to explain the strange love affair between John Wayne and Avril. On top of being the realized fantasy of Joelle and Orin’s relationship as cheerleader/footplayer, which hadn’t occured to me until last class, this affair has many political implications as well, and could help to explain some of the conflict between the AFR and ONAN.
“Himself, while in dsguise as the Conversation Therapist in The Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad, says the following about Avril: “Do you for one moment think that a professional plier of the trade of conversation would fail to probe beak-deep into your family’s sorid liaison with the pan-Canadian Resistance’s notorious M. DuPlessis and his malevolent but allegedly irresistible amanuensiscum-operative, Luria P – ?” (30),” says the Infinite Summer Blogger.
In an earlier post of mine I explained that Himself had caught Avril having an affair the day he set off to film the Entertainment. I noted that he saw footprints on the dashboard of the car, and a name appeared in the fog of the window. Although the name is never revealed, it could have been M. DuPlessis. This affair is also why Orin blames Avril for Himself’s suicide.
What this Infinite Summer Blogger also points out is something extraordinary, that had never occurred to me before, that because of Orin’s disdain for his mother, and seemingly the rest of his family, he may be to blame for the cartidges leek into the public arena. The blogger writes, “It is extremely possible that Avril is the one who alerted the A.F.R. to begin monitoring Orin (as it seems to me that Orin is the most likely canidate for sending the medical attache the Entertainment as 1) it was sent from Phoniex, Arizona where Orin both lives and works and 2) as Himself states it seems to be well known in the family that “…your own dear grammatical mother’s covortings with not one not two but over thirty Near Eastern medical attaches…” [30] and Orin seems to be the one most upset with his mother about this).” If Orin was angry enough about the affair that he claims killed James, then he might seek revenge on all the men Avril had liasons with, including the medical attache. The forum goes on to debate who Orin was talking about as Luria P. looks over his torturous predicament in the jar full of roaches, as he yells, “Do it to her.” Whom is he talking about, Joelle, Avril, Steeply, Luria??? who knows, but the only conclusion I can make is that Orin tends to blame the female, and not himself, and so projects his emotions onto those outside of himself, which also explains his distorted attitude toward becoming “the One” for his subjects.
Yep, all FOOD FOR THOUGHT…that’s all i’ve got for now.

I really like the idea that Orin is the one responsible for sending the Entertainment. In fact, between your above post and this person’s (http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ijend) blog theorizing the ending, I can’t imagine anyone else would be sending them. After all, Orin was so upset over Himself’s suicide, he didn’t even attend the funeral… it just feels like it fits.
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