Fwd: Re: mother quest

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Paul Mackin writes:

Don't overlook "the Moms" in _Infinite Jest_. I am still slightly shy

of p. 600 but she has begun to "show" and I expect the worst. Maybe

I'll be wrong. (Actually, for what it's worth, Wallace seems to have

a greater respect for womenkind than one might have expected given his

general willingness to best Pynchon in the gross department by an order 
of 

magnitude.)



				P.



Other interesting female figures- Not only Moms-'Madame Psychosis' (or 
DMZ), the Bloody Sister, Kate Gompert's It, U.S.S. Millicent Kent (her 
attempted seduction of Mario reminded me of Shekinah episode by the pool 
in GR but I might be stretching a bit.) Coke-head whore chasing Poor 
Tony, Helen Steeply-triple agent? transvestite.  All have things in 
common and I feel could lumped under the 'Madame' moniker-this IMHO is 
the 'V' of the book.  One of the more interesting threads in a book with 
many  not to mention  parallels it boggles the mind.  Into the 700's at 
least...



Rich

NYC