What is "The Train Room" in Update supposed to symbolize?
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« on: July 24, 2014, 07:13:19 AM »
Discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2014, 07:34:26 AM »
America's tendency to value material possessions over people. We make space in our lives for stuff, but not for people. The absurdity of having a train room only drives the point in even stronger. Our stuff serves no real purpose. Just entertainment. A silly toy. But still more important than our children.
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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2014, 07:46:25 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus#t=1m48s
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2014, 07:56:20 AM »
An older gentleman's escape from reality.
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2014, 08:27:40 AM »
« Edited: July 25, 2014, 12:16:57 AM by The Train Room© »
Quote from: Averroės Nix on July 24, 2014, 07:21:39 AM
How could this not recall Bobby Baccala? I wonder if Bushie's father has a copy of the Blue Comet.

Yes, I recalled this scene too as soon as Bushie brought it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld0l37eFpEU
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2014, 10:50:21 AM »
Quote from: Grumps on July 24, 2014, 07:56:20 AM
An older gentleman's escape from reality.

Yes I think it symbolizes that Papa Bushie, one of the tale's true heroes, has finally achieved some happiness. He works sixty to eighty hours a week to come home to a loveless marriage and a son that literally uses the money he earns to pay for pornography, but the train room is his escape.
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2014, 02:50:22 PM »
papa bushie should enjoy it while he can.

only a few months or less before the prodigal son returns.
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