<div dir="ltr">Every non-P immersed friend I have who has read, or read part of GR, I think, immediately<div>references this scene.  It is THE scene that a first time reader laughs most at</div><div>and remembers because of, I suggest. </div><div><br></div><div>Toilet humor, like fart jokes, resonate. We got depth psychology working in GR. Remember</div><div>some of the tortuous meanings of 'potty training' in Western society. </div><div><br></div><div>Ultimately, to oversimplify</div><div>the shrinks, one has to get comfortable with the shit. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:59 PM, David Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fqmorris@gmail.com" target="_blank">fqmorris@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Why not? Gist for the mill. But Slothrup's journey is one of amazement, not horror. His probably imagined horror in this dream is one of retribution and Uranus pounding from "above" by a big black rocket.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>David Morris</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:10 PM, John Bailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sundayjb@gmail.com" target="_blank">sundayjb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm pretty sure director Danny Boyle has gone on record about the<br>
toilet scene being a reference to GR. Can't find it though.<br>
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On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 5:46 AM, rich <<a href="mailto:richard.romeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">richard.romeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> somewhat amusing to hear iggy pop say no to drugs today and remembering the<br>
> lust for life intro (one of the best) in the movie<br>
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> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:22 PM, David Morris <<a href="mailto:fqmorris@gmail.com" target="_blank">fqmorris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> God, that is so awful! I'd forgotten that scene.<br>
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>> Slothrup's journey is so much more pleasant, an escape down the rabbit<br>
>> hole, away from the reality/fantasy-fear his ass getting a major pounding by<br>
>> some well-hung black dude from Roxbury.<br>
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>> David Morris<br>
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>> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM, <<a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com" target="_blank">kelber@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> Assume most of you've seen this GR-inspired (it must be, right?)<br>
>>> sequence. This go-round I noticed what looks like an unexploded bomb - more<br>
>>> GR imagery.<br>
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>>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RoMaS1pzOE" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RoMaS1pzOE</a><br>
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>>> LK<br>
>>> - Pynchon-l / <a href="http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l</a><br>
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