Interesting thesis, BUT...is it just me, or is this guy's writing style amateurishly "clunky"?
Is it just me or does he make obscure allusions? For example, is "Thanks Uncle Walter" related to movie director William Wyler's anecdote about his start in the business?...
"[Wyler] tells the story of how he broke into the film business: with no previous movie experience, he walked into the office of Carl Laemmle (head of production at Universal) and demanded a prestigious job. Laemmle was so impressed with this young man (claims Wyler) that he was hired straight away as a director. The punchline has Wyler saying: 'Thank you, Uncle Carl.' "
Source (besides my humble memory) is http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158910/
He writes with an almost pornographic regard for infinitives...