SKA retreat. Very cinematic. Takeshi moves instantaneously from past to present, a double-exposure match-dissolve effect. "Moe!" The Three Stooges The first of several references to The Three Stooges , a nothing-if-not-preterite comedy trio specializing in crude, cruel slapstick. "fingering its smooth rigid contours" The mock-porno is cute. Page 151 "I couldn't see shit."