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and he finally sees Dean in Denver.
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He opens the door to the room, and there is a picture that Camille
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has drawn of Dean: a portrait of him completely naked,
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and it notes his penis in that picture.
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It's as if Sal's first experience of Dean is already,
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in that scene, assimilated into the image of Dean: the disembodied,
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aesthetic image of Dean.
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But that aesthetic image of Dean is all bound up in these negotiations.
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So, it's a picture that Camille has drawn, and of course Camille doesn't
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know that he's sleeping with Marylou in another hotel on the same day,
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and so on.
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So, all of that is very palpable, and Sal's own desire for Dean is