Watts article (Re: NP Genoa)

[jbor]

Speaking for myself at least, your personal perspective on the article and
the time is most welcome, of course, and imo insightful. I think Paul does
have a point about Pynchon romanticising things a little (but if anything I
think Pynchon romanticises, or, attempts to over-psychoanalyse at the least,
the motivations of those on *both* sides *and* those in the middle of the
Watts divide), but I don't find him naive or guilty of racial
over-generalisations in the article. And I also agree with Paul that there
is a large difference between this piece, which seems to have been the
product of a very familiar style of front-line journalistic reportage
(thinking of the 24fps crew in _Vineland_, perhaps), and a strong personal
commitment to social equity and the civil rights cause, and the later ones,
which read like disengaged Op. Ed. pieces by contrast.

best

on 7/23/01 8:28 AM, Judith A. Panetta at judy at brandxinc.com wrote:

> Whew...I feel like I'm treading on extremely thin ice here...not offering
> any objective reasoning nor well-researched citations.
 
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