Eminem (was: Influenced by GR?)

[jbor]

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>From: jporter <jp4321 at IDT.NET>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Eminem (was: Influenced by GR?)
>Date: Mon, Jul 24, 2000, 2:15 AM
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> I'm sure Pynchon is read mainly by people who are not living in the streets.

Though your original comment was about the relative "innocence" of black and
white races I'll bite on this too. Perhaps the elite white folk do "read"
Pynchon more than those "living in the streets" (but what about Wanda?), or
at least they buy his books and know who he is enough to namedrop him at
dinner parties. On the evidence I've seen not a whole lot of them
"understand" what they are reading, if they are "reading" them, however.

> Fine. You wonder about statistics. And then open your eyes and look at the
> color of the skin of most people who enjoy the list of advantages you have
> listed.

This was essentially my point.

> Pynchon is not typically a poor man's entertainment. Trust me. Any
> exceptions would be welcomed.

Students?

> Meanwhile, democracy sits idle like an inner city
> voting booth.

Yep. The people are speaking.

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