VLVL2: Why Clara Bow?

[Dave Monroe]

"Clara's screen debut occurred in BTR. Her cousin
David Decker loaned her $40 to purchase 2 dresses for
the film. She played a flirtatious sub-deb [!] who
stirs up trouble at a fashionable New York ball by
sending all the guests there the messege: 'Consult
your conscience. Your secret is common gossip.'" [!!]

http://www.clarabow.net/filmography/beyondtherainbow.html

http://members.tripod.com/~theclarabowpage/beyondtherainbow.html

Cf. ...

"Pynchon published this political satire under his own
name during a dangerous time, raising most secrets in
public, albeit in code, warning, statesmanlike, of a
possible dire outcome. The Menippean pattern has been
there in the text, plain as the nose on our faces,
since 1966, lying there like a Magic Eye® print few
people recognize."

http://www.vheissu.org/art/art_eng_49_hollander.htm

As well as, e.g., ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0208&msg=69706&sort=date

Thanks again, Otto ...

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