Regression

[davemarc]

At 09:28 AM 2/16/96 -0600, LARSSON wrote:
>
>Ron wonders:
>"What do you all make of Pynchon's use of pop culture references in the book?
>Not so much the *purpose* as the *progression*. They seem to go through a
>sort of "deterioration" - starting with realism (RETURN OF THE JEDI), moving
>on to the believably fictional (the many made-for-TV  basketball films), and
>finaly ending on the completely absurd (Pee Wee Hermann in THE ROBERT MUSIL
>STORY).
>If anyone has any insight, I'd be very appreciative."
>
>
>Interesting point.  I've seen similar "regressions" in V and COL49.  In the
>former, Benny watches TV 3 times while Fina tries to get him interested in
>her.  The first time he watches a western, then a silent Tom Mix film, then
>THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (possibly the first narrative film to use editing).
>In COL 49, Mr Toth refers to the full-animation Tex Avery Porky Pig film
>but is later watching the mass-production limited animation of Hanna-Barbera
>(Magilla Gorilla, et al.)
>
Maybe we're talking "genre entropy" here.

davemarc