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[Tim Strzechowski]

> The idea that he is (or that Pynchon is) consciously decking himself out
as
> a demented housewife, is condescending and chauvinistic, in my opinion.

Maybe.  For this reader, it merely has a Corporal Klinger quality to it.
The quintessential insane-plea via a Section-8: soldier boy dressing like a
woman.  Plus, as I've mentioned before, the classic "guy in drag" gag has
its roots in the Ancients and Elizabethans.  It's classic farce.

>
> I also think you'll find that a majority of contestants on 'Wheel' back in
> its early days were women. Less so now.
>

Again, maybe.  I was forced to watch these shows by a sadistic uncle and an
unloving mother, and my poor childhood memory recalls otherwise, but as you
put it, I'll be happy to agree to disagree.