The tender scene where "the Geek" and "Sam" exchange embarrassing secrets about each others lives ("I like Jake"; "I've never banged a babe") is especially enlightening and contains enough deep felt emotion to break through the haze of "comic relief" the director uses to inseminate his truisms into the unconscious of the viewer.

"Sam " also has the unwieldy force of "Long Duck Dong" to deal with. The character's "kooky" name may at first seem like a cheap comedic tactic, but upon deeper investigation one discovers that the name is an age-old literary device wherein a person's name gives clues as to the nature of their personality. "The Donger" is presented as a harmless if annoying guest in the family home. Much humor is derived from his awkward English and rustic cultural habits. This veneer is soon exploded, however, when his true nature is revealed and we discover that "Long Duck Dong" is in fact an untamed sexual dynamo and hot-shit ladies man. The scene where "Dong" and his new "girlfriend" "exercise" together is almost pornographic in its Freudian innuendo and sexual double entendre. In the end, however, he has made the complete journey through the adult sexual experience. Starting as a childlike "innocent" blossoming into a promiscuous sexual being, and finally suffering the consequences of his carefree and careless ways. Our final vision of him is a spent, hung over shell of a man barely able to stand upright as he answers the plaintive queries of "Jake" with just one broken word: "MALLIED..."

Coming in part two: "The Geek" as antiheroic Archetype.