Why does Pynchon.... (was Re: TWILIGHT OF THE IDOL)

[davemarc]

> From: Brecher_Keith/mskcc_Neurology at mskmail.mskcc.org

>         Did I like anything in M&D? Very little. As I mentioned before,
some of 
>      the writing is eloquent, but it's generally so thick and gnarly that

>      reading M&D is like breathing peanut butter. I particularly hate
Pitt and  
>      Pliny. In fact, I despise all of Cherrycoke's irritating relatives.
And    
>      most of all, 'Brae. Why does TRP have such great fondness for these 
      
>      annoying adolescent girls (i.e, Prairie)? 

Funny, here in NY we've been having some interesting (to me) offline
exchanges about the Philadelphia family scenes being "treacly"--and what
the aesthetic "reasons" for that would be.  We've been coming up with some
good ones.

I've been wondering how much of a link there might be between Tenebrae and
the Dario Argento character of the same name.  Trouble is, I haven't seen
the film Tenebrae/Unsane yet.  So, though I've read a little something
about it that suggests that there's a Gothic connection, I'm not as clear
on that as I am about links between Citizens Mason & Kane, and Rebecca &
Rebekah....

davemarc