COL49 Re: All I am saying...

[wood jim]

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> But there was also the stereotype of the harried
> suburban housewife addicted
> to prescription drugs, like Valium, which would have
> been very familiar to
> Pynchon, to his readers, and to just about everyone
> else, give or take.
> Think of Jacqueline Sussann's _Valley of the Dolls_,
> for example, which was
> published in 1966 I think, and any number of movies
> and tv shows from the
> 50s and 60s, which exploited this phenomenon. If
> anything I think there is
> an ironic juxtaposition of prescription
> "tranquillizers" with other,
> "harder", criminalised drugs like LSD (and heroin),
> to make a point about
> inconsistencies in drug legislation and hypocritical
> attitudes to drug
> consumption.
> 
> best


But weren't the TV show stereotypes and the song
"Mother's Little Helper",  in part, at least,
based on what was happening? I think so. 

I agree that the absurd drug laws would 
be something P would notice and even 
satirize, but where in this novel can we
find passages that support this conclusion? 

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