Atdtda23: [45.2] The other one, 647

[Mark Kohut]

I remember the "affectlessness" of the anarchist bombing and 
sorta thought it was a comment on them.....not good...

and I gotta reread that scene with Lew and Lake......


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From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Cc: monte.davis at verizon.net; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2007 5:18:10 PM
Subject: Re: Atdtda23: [45.2] The other one, 647

the two scenes I can think of that seem very odd to me, in dialogue
and action, is Reef and Flaco during a anarchist bombing at a cafe
(they talk and act like, oh no big deal,as does the narration)
also, Lew's "rape" of Lake at then end of the book in LA--what the
heck was that about?

i might've missed something

iI also think AtD represents the world of an alternate map of V. ,
maybe a way of saying I was so much older then  blah blah blah
without sacrificing any of the "bone certainties"

rich


On Dec 4, 2007 4:59 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Monte's bit of dialogue:
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> Yes, I think so: it's hard to find any dialogue that's *just* naturalistic
> chat, *just* a slice of life, because his thematic work is so dense and
> constant.
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> Most two-hour plays have the word count of only a medium-length story; maybe
> -- to the extent our expectations are shaped by more expansive novels --
> part of what we mean by "dramatic" is that more tends to be going on per
> moment of dialogue on stage than on the page?
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> (I can feel this overlapping with that big old "are P's characters realistic
> and three-dimensional?" can of worms)
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> I wanted to avoid all those canned worms.......
> and yes, your explication is what I was meaning to say as well as you
> have.....
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> Mark Kohut sez:
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> > much of the dialogue in AtD  ... So often post, riposte or
> > variation of......like much drama  (or should that be melodrama?)
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