Asians in Pynchon ( was Re: Japanese in Vineland redux)
Teen Age Riot
alwang at eniac.seas.upenn.edu
Fri Sep 13 00:25:39 CDT 1996
At 07:38 AM 9/12/96 EST, Wolfe, Skip wrote:
>>There are a Kouple of Krazy Komikazes in GR.
>
>. . . not to mention Ensign Moratori
Okay, point taken, but I still say there's something interesting going on in
Vineland, a very deliberate look at Asian stereotypes, as well as elements
of American pop culture that are "Asian": ninjas, Godzilla, Zen. I like to
think its all there for more than just comic relief (although Takeshi cracks
me the hell up, and is easily my favorite character in VL).
Al
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