Playboy Japan interview

[Chris Broderick]

I certainly wouldn't go as far as to say that it makes
him sound like an idiot.  It just wasn't that
interesting.  I agree with him (or pseudo-him) that
the Guardian is a better paper than the Times, and
that Osama is a useful symbol to the powers that be. 
But, as I said, none of that was exactly the flowering
of genius.  And how much he sounds like an idiot, is
of course, largely dependent upon translation.  What
we've read is the "English as She is Spoke" version of
the interview, so it's nearly impossible to judge.

I think he's written some good essays & some lesser
ones.  The Watts essay is quite good, and I enjoyed
the one about sloth, too.

-Chris

--- Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Yeah, if it was really Pynchon, it makes him sound
> like (as MalignD said) an 
> idiot.  But then again, Pynchon should probably
> never be allowed to give 
> interviews.  His essays are nearly always awful
> (confused and confusing).  
> It's probably no accident that his novels take a
> very long time to emerge.  
> Extemporaneous just aint his thing.
> 
> Ghetta


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