Mickey called Rocky a "dead-ass" for his slow reflexes, and he asked: "You sick, kid?" He berated him for his lack of dedication and resolve, and for training like a bum: "You're training like a ninth-rate pug who oughta be pumping gas in Jersey someplace.Meanwhile, the British ship theEssexhad earlier caught up to Jack's boat, theDying Gullwith its sparse remaining crew.In another area of Metropolis, at the Museum of Natural History just before closing time, Luthor (wearing a wig disguise) and his gang entered to steal a chunk of green-glowing Kryptonite (originally found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) identified by spectrum-vision in a display case, while well-dressed Kitty (wearing pearls) created a diversion street-side in a vehicle without brakes.He manufactures adulterous evidence for clients to collect payoff fees ("the big squeeze").[In Roman Polanski'sChinatown (1974), detective J.J.Gittes has a similar occupation as a divorce specialist].As a 'bedroom' detective, his devoted secretary Velda is used as date-bait to snare potentially adulterous husbands.Scarlett: Oh, Pa.You talk like an Irishman.Gerald: It's proud I am that I'm Irish, and don't you be forgetting, Missy, that you're half-Irish, too.