The child was an answer to the prayers of the childless couple, who considered raising the child as their own adopted son - as the recently-orphaned child of her North Dakota cousin.They non-chalantly wait in a car on the curbside as the restaurant slowly smolders behind hem while discussing Tommy""s heated sexual frustrations.His Marine battle jacket has "King Kong Brigade" patches on it, and his psychological profile approximates those of war-zone combatants.Musical excerpts from three of Italian composer Pietro Mascagni""s melancholic operas intensify the surrealistic images.