Pornography

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 DudiousMax at aol.com wrote:
> In other words, in Pynchon's hands "pornography" is another 
> trope in his bag of tricks.  It has a purpose beyond rubbing our collective 
> nipples, IMHO.  Any opinions on just what that might be?  Kai?  Terrance?  
> Just random thoughts.  Maybe we can come up with something?
>                 Max

Well, I'm sure people are tired of my always bringing Freud into things,
but what immediately jumps to mind is that PORNOGRAPHY most directly
and dramatically and graphically puts us in touch with EROS or the Life
Instinct. Books in which the subject is often of DEATH require just such a
radical balancing force for aesthetic wholeness.

The present GRGR episodes hit the heights but they are not alone.

			P.