Lulu

[Dave Monroe]

Paul Mackin, I believe, and quite appropriately, I
believe,  brought up Frank Wedekind's "Lulu" plays in
re: Pynchon's various femmes fatales (Hedwig, Melanie,
Bianca, Katje, the various V.'s) a little while back. 
>From Ben Brantley, "'Lulu': Men Were Her Victims, or
So She Thought," in today's New York Times (Tuesday,
July 3rd, 2001) ...

"Corruption and vice are worn as flashily as Halloween
masks; lines often feel framed in quotation marks and
the pace is faster than a speeding bullet."

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/03/arts/03LULU.html?todaysheadlines

See also Alban Berg's opera, Lulu, and, of course,
Pandora's Box (dir. G.W. Pabst, 1929).  Anna Friel is
one thing, but Louise Brooks ...

http://film.guardian.co.uk/Century_Of_Films/Story/0,4135,67427,00.html

Okay, okay, Thomas Pynchon, V. ...

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