better version of Playboy Japan interview with TRP

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Wed Jan 9 11:11:43 CST 2002


Jasper Fidget wrote:

> I seem to recall you extrapolating a few opinions into Mr. Pynchon's
> mouth yourself re this war (among about a thousand other subjects).
>
> Nobody is arguing a damned thing with Mr. Pynchon--I haven't noticed him
> posting anything here--and I wouldn't consider this mailing list "his
> site" either (nor waste.org).  I don't consider this a forum for
> worship; I don't consider any man or woman worthy of worship (well maybe
> Charlize Theron), and I find your idolatry of Pynchon pathetic and
> embarrassing.  Exactly what other cults do you belong to anyway?

The cult that comes to mind is the one in the movie "Being There"--the cult
of Chauncy Gardiner.

            P.




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