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In linking Lee's self-destructiveness to the culture in which he's enmeshed, Allen reminds me of Newt Gingrich, who blamed Susan Smith's drowning of her children on liberals and the counterculture, before it was revealed that the young woman's disturbed psyche had more to do with the nocturnal visits of her stepfather, a higher-up in the state's Republican Party.
In the novel Fabricated Mexican, the author Rick Rivera describes how he and his stepfather cut and cook menudo in their garage, since his mother refuses to let them cook it in the kitchen, because of the awful smell.
It's hard to tell, since so much has been left off-screen--including a climactic discussion between the boy and his stepfather that triggers the film's absurd ending.
Or is it his no-goodnik stepfather?
I am having an ongoing ordeal over whether my 12-year-old daughter should refer to her stepfather as "Dad," "Stepdad," or by his first name.