Robert Musil and Vineland

[MalignD at aol.com]

<<I've a question for our Austrian or German-reading brethren.

In Vineland Pynchon has a movie titled The Robert Musil Story starring
PeeWee Herman.

This Robert Musil, he's the author of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften and
others, yes? How, if at all, is he connected to either Pynchon's world
view or Vineland?>>

This is what is called a "joke."  "Joke."  From the Latin jokus.  "Joke."  To 
provoke humor.  "Joke."  

In a sentence:  "Pynchon is making a joke."

See also jest; gag.