Notes:
--- Everything upon arrival is a lie: inverted, twisted, backward. The Statue of Liberty, the unfulfilling handjob: nothing is as promised. Wrong-footed from the start — a precursor.
--- Attila embodies this: has changed his name, religion, accent, affect. He himself is a lie, a poser grasping at assimilation. He has no sons and has given up his own identity, but postures as a "family business." He "talks like an American from TV," but according to his wife he's…
