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Although his only contribution to the film had been the writing of the short story on which the screenplay had been based, Travis yet again found himself taken to task for the filmmaker's repeated use of the eating of pizza as a symbol of American intellectual laziness.  As the young man standing before him continued to proclaim his patriotic indignation, Travis wondered how to extricated himself without violating his code of etiquette.  He remembered the time Crabber suggested portraying Mr. Risible as a reanimated corpse.