GRGR(8)--parallel worlds--many faces of Roger

[Henry M]

>From Henry the incurable -

Am I missing a joke here? The only "condition" I see here is love. 
It is precisely Roger's deep communication, even from the beginning 
of there romance ("My mother is the war.") that frightens Jessica. 
The Beaver may be a, as the Christine Lavin song puts it, "Sensitive 
New Age Guy," but there is no there there. 

As to the hair, I submit "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You." 
<sigh, sorry>

> From:          " Paul Mackin" <mackin at allware.com>
> To:            <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject:       Re: GRGR(8)--parallel worlds--many faces of Roger
> Date:          Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:10:52 -0500

> >From John M:
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> > I'd be happy to hear an argument that the *alternate universe* idea is
> clearly wrong; until 
> > I do, it's gonna keep bugging (redbugging?) me.
> 
> Mebbe a less-ambitious PSYCHIATRIC solution would be sufficient. (William of
> Occam and all that)
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> Am thinking of how Roger discovers traces of Jessica on his person 
> when in fact he hasn't seen her in a while (p. 124).
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> Simplest explanation is the classic multiple-personality syndrome. The one
> noticing the hairs isn't the same one they rubbed off on.
> 
> This could have a bearing on ANOTHER problem.
> 
> Although we are all rooting for our libidinous lovers, you
> have to admit that outside of bed there's a lot problematic
> in their relationship. Roger has pretty-well failed in communicating
> his sensitive side to Jessica. His suddenly-there-was-a-beach-etc.-etc.
> appreciation of her in the seventh Christmas paragraph (p. 126), for
> example. She's actually AFRAID of him. Sometimes  he seems to have
> no inkling at all of her depths, seeing only the flibbertigibbit who
> doesn't have a clue as to what his scientific friends are talking about.
> (Maybe she's a splitto also.) Anyway, the bottom line as we all know
> from that famous movie is that multiple personalities lead to poor
> communication and don't make for happy mariages--until, that is, the
> kindly old pychiatrist steps in and lays it all out on the table. With the
> right kind of professional help this marriage might have been saved. But
> remember, foax, there's a war on.
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> We can take this even further. (if we really want to)
> 
> Just maybe that cute meet (out on the roadway to wherever it was) wasn't
> REALLY their initial meeting at all. Maybe Jessica already knew one of the
> Rogers,
> only it was sort of dark and she didn't recognize him.
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> Maybe Roger is really Beaver. Would help explain those pesky hairs.
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> Needs checking out by a trained professional.
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