He also supposes that his wife will be fascinated by the hotel""s horrific history:Well, you can rest assured, Mr.In voice-over, Johnny expresses how much the toast really frightens Gilda:She had what it took to say it, but I knew it scared her.The film""s complex, deeply-nuanced hemes included racism, individuality, the American character, and the opposition between civilization (exemplified by homes, caves, and other domestic interiors) and the untamed frontier wilderness.In the next scene, the barefooted Jesse was running laps around the school gym, and then ordered to the showers by he coach: "Hit he showers.He met black Reggie "The Reckless" (Shavar Ross), the grandson of Pinehurst""s cook George (Vernon Washington) - who scared him with a rubber spider dangling on a string.