VLVL What is Pynchon's attitude towards 24fps?

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 5 09:03:16 CST 2004


Ev'rybody's talkin about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism,
Tagism,
Sexism, Dominationism, Imperialismism, Colonialismism, forced off the
landism, multinational corporate greedism, menial jobism, ordered from a
catalog by a Vietnam Veteran what likes his Slits passiveism, Thisism,
Thatism, get your hands off by whore bitchism,   is-m is-m is-m ... 

All We Are Saying

Is  

I,  Me,  Mine. 




Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 1/4/04 8:19:32 PM, jbor at bigpond.com writes:
> 
> << In the current chapter, the description of their quibbling
> about discrimination against pigs and 'roaches (both animal and vegetable),
> and the Pisks' announcement that "signism" is "worse than sexism", comprises
> an appalling parody (197-8), whether it's self-conscious or not, serving to
> make a joke of and effectively derail legitimate Civil Rights (and feminist)
> protests of the preceding era, and it again demonstrates just how off-kilter
> the social and political sensibilities of this bunch of nitwits are. >>
> 
> And how unrepresentative of those who were really involved in
> the civil rights and anti-war movements they are. Unfortunately,
> sexism was as prominent in these movements as in the rest
> of society.
> 
> resspectfully



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