Harper Valley PTA Report, Re: a drop of golden sun

[Henry M]

One of many Chrises asks:

>      Hmm, "1st world luxury."  So, this is another device that Pynchon uses 
>       to make us reexamine our capitalist, supremacist tendencies?
>      
>      Chris 

I think P puts the perverse into "perverted" and decadence into the
decky-dance. Not a whole lotta sweat or garlic. He may be 
interested in the other worlds (where is the second world, anyhow),  
but he is an American (cold North Easterner, even) none the less. 
He's a concientious observer, but it it looks to me he's a little 
like Ensign Morituri, and doesn't participate all that much, doesn't 
like to just get on in there himself. Hence the distance and 
the cartoons. I can't be sure how P feels about things, but I don't 
think he wants to get involved.

Oh, yeah: and what you mean "us"/"our", Kimo Sabe?

My mother was of the sky... -- JL
My mother is the war...
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner 
Not having that, which having... :-(

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