Both men (and all the other males in the town) had been symbolically stripped ("undressed") of their masculinity or phallic-strength mounted on their hips.Joey reminds Jake that he""s married: "What are ya thinkin"" about? Ya keep lookin"".Where the f--k you going? You""re dead! You""re married! You""re a married man, it""s all over.Leave the young girls for me." The scene ends with a slow-motion shot of Vickie""s legs - her objectified body parts idly swish up and down in the pool water, as Jake mutters again: "Big shot.She asked: "Why don""t you come in and we""ll talk about it" - but he declined by peering at her in her office from afar and telling her: "Get some rest, Pam.] While ordering his "usual" lunch (a jumbo hot dog), he cooly asks the counter-server Jaffe (Woodrow Parfrey) about the tan Ford parked across the street in front of the bank.The main character, an alcoholic writer, loses his money, his freedom, and his sense of reality when confined in an alcoholic ward.