VLVL2 "...like a porno star" ? (237)

[jbor]

> No problem anymore with talk of "taking out" Weed
> Atman, as he'd gone turning into a character in a
> movie, one who as a bunus happened to fuck like a
> porno star...(237, Penguin)
> 
> This little offhand reference is one of the more important lines in the
> novel. It stems from the narrator, who in this scene is sitting in Frenesi's
> head. Such a comparison by Frenesi, herself, would have been slightly
> anachronistic.

Why so? Frenesi's a film student (and promiscuous), and she runs a film
collective: she'd be aware of underground stag films and porn from overseas,
and probably quite a bit passed through the 24fps studios. John Holmes began
his career in 1965, and was definitely considered a "porn star" by 1969.

> but I think it is part and parcel
> of his overall strategy in the book, which is mainly a cover, a "Fake Book"

Saves ever having to engage with the actual text I guess.

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