Clockwork Orange
Lomanno (lomanno@ix.netcom.com)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:52:18 -0500
Marco wrote:
> the clockwork orange_ also refers to the 1978 dutch soccer squad i think...
> (they played like clockwork and had orange jerseys you see...)
>
I always thought "A Clockwork Orange" (not THE clockwork orange, which I
think is very significant) referred to something kind of sick and
unnatural--an orange cannot be created from clockwork like a toy mouse.
It will cease to be an orange, just as Alex ceased to be Alex after his
brainwashing. And in the end, his nature could not be suppressed after
all.
I think this is not too far off from a few of the responses that refer
to the phrase, "As mad as a clockwork orange." I had never heard that
before, but it really makes sense.
--Kari