MDDM23: A Curious Accent

[Dave Monroe]

Sorry to have perhaps implied irritation.  Line I
forgot, noting the similarities, the standardization
of the cartoon duck voice, perhaps.  I continue to
hear the duck with Daffy's voice, despite
not-so-covert references to Donald, as well ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> My point was that the description of the "linguo-
> beccal Fricatives" and "spray" (375.19) fit Daffy
> rather than Donald. And that prior evidence - eg.
> the direct references to old Walt glorifying the war
> (_GR_ 135.2) and to racism in his depictions of
> Japanese pilots (680.27) - plus happier allusions
> elsewhere to Porky Pig, the Road Runner and so
> forth, betrays a distinct anti-Disney mindset in
> Pynchon's work, so that a fun reference to Donald
> Duck would be quite unlikely, and noteworthy,
> perhaps indicating a shift or mellowing in his
> critical perspective on The Frozen One.
> 
> I did certainly take on board your connection
> between the made-up Galuppi opera and Daisy e Donald
> in my post, so wasn't positing an either/or or
> criticising you, merely trying to engage with the
> text and see what others thought about it. Sorry to
> have intruded.

And there's no such thing a an intruder here.  Reminds
me, speaking of opera, if anyone has any ideas as to
just which ones are being alluded to in re: those
"Guardians" (p. 377), "Intermediaries" (p. 379).  I've
been hung up on that for a while, hence the delay ...

But a thousand pardons, ev'ryone, on a mad dash to
cover everything I possibly can (which is hardly
everything) as quickly as I possibly can (which isn't
very quickly at all, esp. given this ferschlugginer
Microsoft browser I'm now stuck with
everywhere--wasn't there some sort of lawsuit over
such shenanigans afooot not long ago?).  Trying to
make use of everything I've accumulated, but ...


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