First, just before James and Berenice are going to take
Debierue to
the drive-in, he asks her if she has any tranquilizers. She
says no,
but she does have a Ritalin pill. James pops that and a
couple of
Bufferin. What's he doing popping a Ritalin? What was it used
for
back then? Now it's handed out to North American kids with
attention
deficit disorder, or things that are close enough, and I
think it's
supposed to act as an upper in adults.
Second, James buys Berenice a copy of Cosmopolitan in the
last hotel
they stay it. The newsstand lady keeps it under the counter,
and it
seems it's there because of its racy content. Was that
because of the
morals of the state, or was Cosmo considered quite daring
back then?
I know they did a centerfold of Burt Reynolds in the nude,
but I
thought that was a one-shot deal.
Bill
--
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"Let's keep the party polite."
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