SNL Dakota Fanning Skit (Pynchon mention)

[Ya Sam]

Damn, it should be 'reverse roundhouse kick" with Chuck Norris. I give up, I 
will never know television culture well enough. Back to literature.


>>
>I doubt that Barrymore has heard about Pynchon before either, but that's 
>another story.
>
>As for 'friendly ribbing', you know, if I were afraid to get it, I wouldn't 
>be posting anything at all, as one might get an unfriendly roundhouse kick 
>Chuck Norris style even for smaller crimes than 'speculating about 
>painfully obvious'. And I think that Lisa Simpson has not progressed beyond 
>Lot 49.
>
>
>>Sam, if you want to avoid a little friendly ribbing, then you  shouldn't 
>>speculate about the painfully obvious.  Sometimes the  analysis around 
>>here gets silly, and I'm trying to say, brother, that  speculation that a 
>>"child" played by an adult on a scripted comedy  show had not heard of 
>>Pynchon before is sort of like wondering  whether Lisa Simpson prefers GR 
>>or V.
>>
>>(Clearly she prefers GR.)
>>
>>w
>>
>>On Feb 4, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Ya Sam wrote:
>>
>>>That was supposed to be funny? Wasn't for me.
>>>
>>>Watching too much TV might end thanatoidically, so I prefer not to  watch 
>>>it too much.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Uh, that's right -- ALL the actors on scripted shows are simply   
>>>>articulating what the script writers have come up with.  The   grimacing 
>>>>child was an adult actress named Drew Barrymore, and the  TV  show 
>>>>presents something we call "comedy."  A form of fiction,  it is  
>>>>typically contingent on a "script."
>>>>
>>>>You guys do watch TV, right?
>>>>
>>>>w
>>>>
>>>>On Feb 4, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Ya Sam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I think that the grimacing child was simply articulating what  the  
>>>>>show script writers had written for her. I doubt that she  had heard  
>>>>>about Pynchon before, let alone Michiko Kakutani.
>>>>>
>>>>>>Actually, come to think of it, the pseudointellectual halfwit   
>>>>>>spoiled child
>>>>>>was actually panning AtD by agreeing with the NYT review.
>>>>>>
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