Pynchon's Presidents

[jbor]

on 25/6/02 12:11 AM, Mark Wright AIA at mwaia at yahoo.com wrote:

> Cheap jokes are part'n'parcel of P's grand burlesque show methodology.
> Is Clinton really being "lambasted quite scathingly"? The jest sounds
> affectionate, don't you think?

Not sure. It highlights the fact that he was a liar. Depends whether or not
you find that funny.

> Truman, now --- shit; P doesn't have any sweet little cheap jokes for
> him --- no sir.
> 
I agree. The other provocative suggestion in _GR_ is the contention that FDR
was "put to sleep" (374.8).

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