02-02-2011, 06:54 PM
Alimentary, my dear Doyle.
I find a bit of this difficult to swallow and impossible to void
But first, I don't think the use of doppelgangers in the patsying stage of the plot argues against your hypothesis. In fact, it may offer support.
To these ears, LHO's "I'm just a patsy!" exclamation is that of a man who already has realized that he's been betrayed -- at least by some of his ostensible colleagues/superiors -- and is sending a "do the right thing or I'll say a lot more" message.
In any event, I find your DPD "cooperating with a known CIA undercover operative" construction to be fascinating and even novelistic in the best sense of the term.
I find a bit of this difficult to swallow and impossible to void
But first, I don't think the use of doppelgangers in the patsying stage of the plot argues against your hypothesis. In fact, it may offer support.
To these ears, LHO's "I'm just a patsy!" exclamation is that of a man who already has realized that he's been betrayed -- at least by some of his ostensible colleagues/superiors -- and is sending a "do the right thing or I'll say a lot more" message.
In any event, I find your DPD "cooperating with a known CIA undercover operative" construction to be fascinating and even novelistic in the best sense of the term.