Them Badasses (was Re: Blicero's sexuality

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>From: Eric Rosenbloom <ericr at sadlier.com>
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> Yes, except that, like Pointsman, he serves the System as well as
> himself. The Badass is a folk hero, like John Dillinger (or see the fun
> portrayal of George (Babyface) Nelson in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?).

Well, yes and no. As well as Ned Ludd, Pynchon exemplifies the Badass in
Frankenstein's monster, Alfonso the Good from Walpole's _The Castle of
Otranto_, and King Kong. It's not so much a question of serving "the System"
as having been created by it (literally and/or metaphorically), and then,
monstrous, turning upon whatever or whomever created them in order to wreak
total annihilation. Blicero would certainly fit that bill to an extent, as
also perhaps would Dillinger.

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