Woody Allen/Vineland/Kissinger

[April Phillips]

The real harrowing news is that Woody recycled old scripts and caricatured 
his old shtick in 'Scoop.'  "Old" Woody I can live with.  Clichéd Woody is 
too much for a longtime fan like me to take.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Carvill" <JCarvill at algsoftware.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:25 AM
Subject: Woody Allen/Vineland/Kissinger


> Someone sent me an article on Woody Allen a while back, form the Boston
> Globe, and I only just got round to reading it. This bit stuck out:
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> "The harrowing news is that Allen is back on screen in 'Scoop'. Oh dear.
> In a certain light, he resembles Henry Kissinger -- ashen, dark frames,
> basset hound droop -- old."
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> Which of course reminds us of:
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> "With the volume all the way down, Zoyd settled down in front of the
> Tube, Woody Allen in Young Kissinger."
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> Cheers
> JC
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