Cathy's reading of Vineland

[David Morris]

>From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com>
>
>Cathy wrote:
>"On this much I agree with Pynchon, there is nothing we can do about it. 
>But we might be saved by some weird shit. Like what happens in VL when  
>Reagan saves us. Great thing about a Pynchon novel, Reagan saved us!"
>
>How does one read that into Vineland???
>
>Do they actually change the words in the books in whatever alternative 
>universe she lives in???

Toby, she already posted the answer, but here it is condensed (and her point 
was a good one, worth repeating):

"The 1960s   radicals (and the peaceful apolitical potsmokers whom  Pynchon 
treats with sentimental affection) do not even have the satisfaction of 
defeating Brock Vond,  who is defeated by his own side. Ronald Reagan, like 
a half-conscious deus ex machina, wakes from a
dream and, by cutting Vond's budget, interrupts him in mid-villainy."

So maybe you owe her an apology, or does your universe not see that she was 
correct?

David Morris






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