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...live chicken in your underwear...
...drop by the Ortizes' home on some evenings, was beaten and arrested during this strike. Francisco Ortiz told me how he was arrested during that summer and kept in jail in a crowded cell for sixteen days, fed on cold rice and water, and allowed to wear only his underwear. Josefina Ortiz was sprayed with a pesticide while on a picket and she developed a sore that took three years to heal...
...think about the effects of this couple's alienation on their children. Still, all the inferences are depressing. In one sequence, the mother and daughter frolic around in the family's living room at noon-time--the elder wearing nothing but an untied robe and the younger in underwear--while the son plays with his lunch in the kitchen and holds his head in boredom. In other scenes, the mother off-handedly discusses menstruation with her young daughter and the couple invites the children into their bedroom and mechanically explain the function of their sexual organs. The couple might...
...game you put some psych up music on the stereo--most guys play heavy metal types like Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin but personally I'm fond of the Nutcracker Suite, in fact before one game I danced a makeshift ballet to Mr. Tchaichovsky's classic in my underwear but that's another story--and imagine that you're annihilating your next day's opponent. It's a mystical experience...
Despite all the televised hoopla, there are still sports fans who find the Super Bowl an irritant or a snore. This same group is unmoved by the spectacle of professional basketball: ten tall millionaires in their underwear, jumping into the air every 24 seconds. Hockey? Hooliganism on the rocks. Left cold by winter sports, these fans survive the icy months with summer memories and seasoned expectations. Baseball is their game, of course - the only game. If winter comes, can spring training be far behind...