poseurs in "pomographic magazines"

[Phil Wise]

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From: "Otto" <o.sell at telda.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: poseurs in "pomographic magazines"


> > poseurs in "pomographic magazines"<
>
> Nice typo, but what is "the gentle Houyhnhnm spirit buried in us all"? I
> have an idea what the author means but I don't know the term.
>
> I'm not sure if I buy the pornography-definition used here: "classic
> pornography in the sense that it would stimulate anyone before sex (which
is
> what pornography is supposed to do)" which is the definition that once
upon
> a time had put Burroughs "Naked Lunch" on the book-market because it's
> definitely not meant to be written to make us horny.
>
> If I take a look on today's pornography the massive input of stimuli kills
> every excitement. It totally lacks the aura of subversiness that
pornography
> once had.
>
> Otto

Dear Otto

I suppose it has gone from a cottage industry, so to speak, to a
multi-billion dollar thing.  I have no particular moral problem with people
watching film of other people having sex, but I do wonder how genuine the
consent is among the participants of this industry.  If they're up for it
and having fun, fine, but if not that's a huge worry.

Phil


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> > http://www.ireland.com/dublin/entertainment/books/carlo_gebler090601.htm
> > excerpt:
> > "Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's first novel, was published, with
> > difficulty in Paris, in 1934. Joe, our Miller substitute in the book, is
a
> > 40-something American, engaged in writing a novel. As Joe struggles to
> > write, he talks directly to the reader, in the free-wheeling manner of a
> > stand-up comic of today about the life and times of himself and some
> fellow
> > expatriates. These men (and occasional women) are nothing like the
> > prosperous Americans described by Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald. Joe's
> > friends are hobo types with no money and plenty of attitude. To survive,
> > they pose in pomographic magazines, work in brothels and rob whores."
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