GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

[David Morris]

>From: "Terrance F. Flaherty"
>
>Yup, we are completely at cross talk. [snip, despite protests]
>Is it evil to
>engage in S&M? To do what Katje and Pudding do? Hey, to each
>his own,  No, I say it is not. But why does Katje do it?
>Blicero! Is what Blicero does in GR evil? Not like my
>shooting a man in cold blood, hey it's a novel.  Is Blicero
>the avatar of the Nazi dream of the death Kingdom in GR? Yes
>he is. Does that make him an evil character in GR. Yes. Is
>fucking children evil in real life? Yes. Is pointy an evil
>character in GR? Yes he is.
>

I say, in the dynamic Pynchon has constructed for us to explore, this "evil" 
label serves only to stop an exploration that it is only so obvious Pynchon 
wants us to delve deep into.  The dynamic is the thing.  Going beyond such 
trite and limiting labels requires looking deeper into the souls he has 
constructed for us.  Why would S&M be such a recurring theme in his work?  
Do you really believe it's 'cause he wants the reader to think "That's SO 
yucky, Buffy!  Eeeuuuu!!!"

Dig a little deeper
D&M

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