col49 2 pt2

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on 8/7/01 5:35 AM, cj hurtt at cj6 at casco.net wrote:

> reminds me of an old mad magazine cartoon  I read. the picture is of an
> actor sitting in a limo while talking to some reporters at a movie set. he
> is wearing combat fatigues and has a gun in one hand  and martini in the
> other. he tells the reporters, "man, vietnam sure was hell"

And the infinite regress of Metzger's life as an actor-cum-lawyer (who now,
like all lawyers, acts) being played by an actor (Manny di Presso --->
"manic depressive") who was once a lawyer relates back to the lawyer,
Roseman, and his manic and paranoid obsession with instigating a case
against tv "lawyer", Perry Mason, played by Raymond Burr. TV as simulacrum?
Shades of Baudrillard?

And Oedipa just wanted a quiet night watching _Bonanza_ on the tube.

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