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> But Pynchon satirizes almost everything and everybody that crosses the stage
> in Vineland. Most of the humor is gentle and affectionate. I would suggest
> that it's when the humor stops, that's when we should pay attention. Brock,
> for example, is not funny at all.
> 
> What the students at San Narciso were doing, to finally get around to
> answering your question, was studying civics, and getting beat up by cops.

Satire? You mean to say, you actually think that Pynchon writes satires? 
That's interesting. But how does it WORK? 

How about we take a closer look at Sasha's "reading/interpretation of
Trotsky and Hub's Shadows (Wade & Dotty, Brute 450...)? 

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