COLGR49: "ha, ha"

[Kato du Bois]

Yes, some excellent links thrown up here, thanks y'all (Bosse-de-Nage 
appears in _The Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician_)

"Ha, ha", we can all agree, is a fairly uncopyrightable laugh or common 
occurance or utterance. That being said, I felt inclined to bring Jarry up 
because I enjoyed that particular dry passage with Oedipa and Roseman and 
because the *repitition* evoked Bosse-de-Nage.

I also knew that some would cite Mlle. Jarretiere of _V_  (ch. 13?) with a 
reference to Alfred Jarry ... a clue I'm willing to embrace because I feel 
Pynchon and some of the Dadaists are kindred spirits. Keep in mind that 
Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Trisan Tzara were some of the 
first artists to seriously raise questions about the 20th century's apparent 
course of de-humanization and the recombination of human and machine, a 
strong Pynchon theme. It's acknowledged that Duchamp took many cues from 
Jarry, though ... interestingly ... they often appear to be the same kind of 
ephemerous and subtle connections that often happen with Pynchon and his 
inspirations, leaving much to debate.

P himself tackles his surrealist legacy in the SL intro, railing a bit 
against _Lowlands_ and _The Secret Integration_ for his unresponsible use of 
it in those stories, though I feel the surreal or dadaist or absurdist 
spirit is better felt in Thanatoid-space, or Byron's story, SHOCK & SHROUD, 
Mason's missing calendar days, Lyle Bland's metaphysics, Plechazunga's skin 
hanging on Tyrone for days ... I could go on and on ...

ha, ha

K d B


>From: Mark Wright AIA <mwaia at yahoo.com>
>
>Howdy
>
>--- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > http://www.evergreenreview.com/102/fiction/preduo.html
>
>Ok.
>You fellas may be on to something with this Jarry connection. I would
>like to read more.
>Which story was it, again, that is riddled with Ha Ha's? (And
>(parenthetically), in their great extended "Nick Danger Third Eye"
>sketch of the early '70's, would Firesign Theater have been riffing on
>Jarry or Pynchon?  Or the Three Stooges? The Great Gildersleeve?) Can a
>contemporary artist use Ha and Ha together without refering to either
>Jarry or Pynchon? Or must all uses of Ha and Ha published after CoL and
>the Grove edition of Jarry be interpreted as references to these works?
>
>What does this purported Jarry reference add to your understanding of
>CoL?
>
>Ha and Ha again.
>
>Still smiling
>Like that Harry Lyme in his doorway,
>Mark
>
>
>
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