![]() ![]() Max reinvents himself, literally assuming a new identity, and becomes just the kind of successful, upwardly mobile type that would attract Deborah. He may have started out as a poor immigrant, but, unlike Noodles, he is a man of ambition with big plans for himself. But more importantly, Max, unlike Noodles, is the kind of man Deborah would respect. He must have her and will go to any length necessary to make it happen.ĭeborah might have been receptive to Max’s initial advances partly out of revenge against Noodles for raping her. And possessing Deborah, Noodles’ life-long romantic ideal, would be Max’s crowning achievement. He even asks the prostitute in the hearse who gives Noodles “a roll” if she wants “a little pick me up.” Whether this indicates Max’s latent homosexuality (quite possible considering he constantly refers to sodomy in his language, including during an early exchange with Noodles: “Drop your pants and I’ll stick it to you again.”) or merely stems from macho competition is open to interpretation, but one thing is clear: Max desires Noodles’ women. Years later, Max takes the woman Noodles raped, Carol, as his lover. During their initiation into the world of sex, Max insists that Noodles take Peggy first. Throughout the film, Max is driven to sexually possess the women Noodles has already had. First, consider Max’s motivation in snagging Deborah. ![]()
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