GRGR(8) Discussion Opener

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Just a little comment, more to come anon mehopes:

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>P. 122 -- "The night room heaves a sigh, yes, Heaves, a Sigh --
>old-fashioned comical room, oh me I'm hopeless, born a joker, never
>change, flirting away through the mirrorframe in something green-
>striped, pantalooned, and ruffled --..."
>
>Who is the "I" of this passage?  The room?
>
The *I*of the passage, IMO, is the book itself speaking in guise of a campy queen, 
describing itself in a way that denigrates, yet is proud of, its oddness, its lack of *high 
seriousness* or fashionable tastes (literarily, candily, genitally, usw).  The colors, of course, 
are the GR code for *good things,* of which the book apparently considers itself one.  
Good judgement, I'd say.

john m