Simpsons and TRP- a slitely curmudgeon take

[Richard Romeo]

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> Come to think about it, I'm mildly annoyed that
> Pynchon is doing the Simpsons thing- of course I'll
> watch, but it's one more example of a "hero" selling
out. ...snipe 
> We are not privvy to ulterior motives, of course,
> but assuming that
> P. simply enjoys the Simpsons, and by extension,
> sucks down the tube
> on a regular basis, and probably much other American
> popular trash,
> that would go some distance in filling in some of
> the missing context
> of his personality. Speculation, fer sure, but...
> But if that "regular
> guy" bag is not too far off, it is interesting to
> contrast it with the
> angst and alienation of a Kirkpatrick Sale, for
> example, or, to
> speculate on where Farina might be at this point in
> time, if he had
> survived- probably closer to Homer than Kirkpatrick-
> impossible to
> know. Of course, P.'s performance might somehow
> surprise us all. We'll
> see.
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i no longer know what selling out means anymore. i
sometimes believe we're all going slowly insane by the
barrage of daily life's requirements. we compensate,
partly by having such "masters" to acknowledge the
fact and making me feel a wee bit less troubled by it.
in any case, as I said previous, I'm of the notion
that somewhere in Mr. P's heart there is sympathy for
likes of a Homer Simpson

if TRP appeared on Oprah--that would be annoying
(talking about that creep J Franzen even more so)

rich 


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