VV(13) - Dream a Little One for Me

[jbor]

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>From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
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> Yes, this is definitely Kurt's dream, and it's a premonition/warning to him
> about the nature of the seige party and the company at Foppl's place.  And
> Vera shows up in this dream in a black feathered mask.
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> It takes a while for the venality of Foppl's party to wear him down to the
> point of dreaming other's dreams.

Or, it could be that he was more a spectator than a participant back in
Munich as well, which is why he assumes the various roles (sferics monitor,
voyeur to Vera's parody of s & m with Weissmann, Hedwig's sugar daddy, old
Hugh's son, and especially the role of narrative agent for Stencil/Pynchon)
with such ease. Rather than participating he watches (and listens): he *is*
a mirror, aurally as well as visually. And, what he sees and hears here
reminds him of what was happening back home, which is why he dreams of
Munich again for the first time. Thus, Foppl's villa under siege is also a
microscosm for Weimar Germany under siege.

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