VL-IV 26,27

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Lots of Vineland themes (counter-culture, surfing, media co-optation, hauntings [by the living]) were flirted with in the short-lived Tube show John From Cincinnati.  David Milch's heroin-inspired explorations were too experimental for cable viewers.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>

>
>So Zoyd was a surfer, and a fairly legendary one.
>Now it's easy enough to say Zoyd is Pynchon and the Hermosa Pier is
>Gravity's Rainbow, but let's not go that route, instead choosing to
>develop a somewhat realistic Zoyd, who has skills but also perhaps a
>certain foolhardy daring?
>
>
>If Hector is going to tie surfing to riding social waves, and urge
>Zoyd on, then quite likely he is thinking in those terms for himself
>too. (though H is destined to wipe out)
>
>And, as folks keep mentioning, the Tube (or in a more general sense,
>media) steps up as an important institution.  Hector's careerism is
>mentioned several times; his loyalty should be to the State, but he's
>increasingly drawn to the media, and the opportunities there, and how
>he's perceived.