VL-IV 1: The Cucumber Lounge, pgs 9/10

[Robin Landseadel]

Good point, and I can think of lots of reasons why Hector's
hispanic background plays into the story—none more important than
"Carmen". I'll look into the story of that opera a bit more and get  
back to ya'll.
Hector "selling out" also plays into the story, much as Zoyd's selling  
out.

A big mistake folks have perpetually made concerning "Vineland" is that
TRP just tossed the thing off. But Pynchon's "harmless little  
intraterrestrial
scherzo" shows plenty of signs of being written by the same mind what
cooked up Gravity's Rainbow and imbued with the same density of cross- 
reference.
Difference being that GR is projected on the big screen and VL on the  
small.
Like the actor said "Dying is easy, comedy is hard."

On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:20 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> Anyone have any theories as to why the Narc is Hispanic?
> Given that the UFW was fighting to organize the mostly Hispanic
> farm-workers in the general region, it seems an odd choice to
> have The Man portrayed as Hispanic.
>
> Laura