I appreciate Dr. Carroll's explanantion of incomprehensibility. I accept her argument about the amusing shallowness of The Usual Suspects; and of course who the heck cares about The Sixth Sense? But Fight Club, this fan protests, offers rewards for rethinking the story in light of its final relevations. Fight Club has enough serious ideas about male heterosexuality and its schizophrenic tendencies that repeat viewings elaborate rather than undercut them. There's a nice article in the new Critical Studies in Media Communication, though it doesn't discuss the trickery in detail. best, N ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html