Vineland

jbor at bigpond.com jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Mar 5 20:09:04 CST 2006


On 06/03/2006:

>> DL is portrayed as much more grounded in
>> these passages.
>
> but is her point of view any less unreliable?

Er, it's not that either point of view is "unreliable", nor is it a 
question of "taste"; it's simply that DL's is the point of view which 
Pynchon embraces to show up Frenesi's immaturity and self-absorption at 
that point of proceedings (117).

> I'd say her self-consciousness is hijacked by the TV news process.
> The green room and makeup and dress-awareness, the outfit and cadences
> of the interviewer

You can say that, by all means, but it's nowhere in the text (195).

> I like Tom Robbins; again, de gustibus non est disputandum

Not saying I don't like Tom Robbins either, only that there's no 
comparison between him (or Vineland) and Pynchon's major works.

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