The ever-popular “explosion in the consignment store” look is achieved quite nicely here. The sofa is decorated with “Americana,” including a pillow that has Miss Liberty shouting “help!” – presumably, tin soldiers and Nixon coming – and a crocheted Liberty Bell. The wall hangings include a painting that demonstrates what happens when you dip large, disoriented snails in paint and drop them on the canvas. There’s an empty antique birdcage to provide the requistite ironic counterpoint to . . .

. . . Well, to Kojak fellating a soda bottle, apparently. Another fine example of the “ironic appropriate of advertising imagery” school of art. Imagine yourself drinking from a bottle. Position your hand. Can you get your fingers in the position shown here? Nope. That’s because it’s not your hand Toddlers around? Good! That eyepatch will set them apart in first grade, no? Give them an air of mystery.