VLVL2 (14) A generic longhair, 280-287

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Having a cubicle lunch, don't have GR near me, but wasn't
Roger's and Jessica's witty first encounter in Kent "what
Hollywood likes to call a 'cute meet'"? (Tried to comb GR
for R&J passages as thoroughly as possible way back when,
so the phrase has, so to say, been engraved on my mind).


Heikki



On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Paul Nightingale wrote:

> I'm familiar with it from Billy Wilder's comments about his films, so I
> assume he's the author. He said he liked to come up with a cute-meet
> situation for his hero and heroine. I've seen him quoted to this effect on
> more than one occasion, and I think he discusses it in the interview book
> with Cameron Crowe a few years back. It implies a screwball dimension to the
> relationship, which is perhaps, and admittedly, more accurate in VL with
> regard to DL and Takeshi; and there is something stagey about the meeting
> and the way mutual attraction develops (DL and Frenesi, or Frenesi and
> Brock). More specifically, in Wilder's films there is usually a con, perhaps
> a mutual con involved, with one or both parties being economical with the
> truth, and then having to invent more elaborate scenarios to keep up the
> charade. I did say perhaps ...
>
> Yes, Billy Wilder is one of those people who are greatly missed.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> > Behalf Of Dave Monroe
> > Sent: 03 March 2004 15:15
> > To: Paul Nightingale; 'Pynchon-L'
> > Subject: Re: VLVL2 (14) A generic longhair, 280-287
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance, esp. having seen this phrase so
> > many times here, but ...
> >
> > --- Paul Nightingale <isread at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > a cute-meet
> >
> > ... but I gotta axe, what does this mean?  And where
> > again does it enter the Pynchon lexicon?  I've seen it
> > elsewhere, I'm assuming it's not necesarily of his
> > coinage, but ... well, let me know, thanks ...
> >
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