Weapon-mention as political statement?

[Robin Landseadel]

f ) It's worth remembering the context of "Sick" or "Black" humor in the
60's/70's with the rise of Lenny Bruce along with Pynchon. That's
somebody who could really play with those Jewish stereotypes.

On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> e) The Jew as a figure of fun wasn't unique to Pynchon.  Early Philip
> Roth has a lot of passages, eg, that eclipse this one in terms of
> playing with Jewish stereotypes.