Repost: "The Big One"

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

              Mark Kohut :
              As, it seems, the lone contrarian voice, 
              I will risk being wrong again:

Plenty of "Contrary" goin'' on 'round here, buddah.

Square one: Pynchon is a Satirist, he deals in caricatures,
"Extremes & in Betweens" to cite Chuck Jones, an obvious role model.
The man simply can't help himself, he's into the black humor 
of it all as much as anyone else. It's not that man's incapable
of nuance [obviously], it's that he's so keen on cartoons:

              ". . . .May Road Runner cartoons never vanish from 
              the video waves, is my attitude. . . ."

. . . .yeah, yeah, I know—way the hell outta context.

But:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pje1Ebc5v0