<html> At 04:28 PM 02/05/2003 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>The murder, otoh, is consistent with the closet gay interpretaion - he had his moment of weakness and let his cover down but when he realized he made a mistake, he eliminated the only witness of his weakness.</blockquote> OK, that's a strong argument. I saw it as -- he kisses the guy to understand what the whole thing is about ( because he wants some kind of connection with his son) -- he gets rejected -- he kills the guy who took away his last chance ...as it were Your argument is more straightforward -- and there is this really strong homophobic thing in US culture, more so than anywhere else I've been. So, you might well be right. Joanna </html>