I don't think the section has one identifiable narrator, but is instead meant to describe the hokey "Madame Psychosis" show. The chapter focuses specifically on places where the show is popular and/or frequently considered, such as at MIT, and later on, in the Incandenza family, specifically through Mario (and "one of the reasons Mario's obsessed with her show is that he's somehow sure Madame Psychosis cannot herself sense the compelling beauty and light she projects over the air" (190) ). I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of the show, however, and perhaps learn more about it's significance and influence.

When I read page 281, I didn't get the impression that Pemulis had done anything to his opponent. I actually marked the line about how the opponent had "delayed play for several minutes claiming the tennis balls were too pretty to hit" (281) because it struck me as very interesting. When I read it, I got more of the sense of the stress and pressure these players have on them to win-- maybe his opponent just cracked? Although that would be pretty coincidental timing, I must say. I like your idea, though-- maybe we'll find out more later, since time is awfully weird in this novel.

I sort of thought the opponent's actions were drug related...like when he tells the headmaster's wife he wants to have sex with her (or whoever's wife that was)