TRP unfilmable?

[Henry]

Maybe I skimmed FT as I do most messages that are both disagreeable and at
the same time claim ignorance.  There are musical theater singers who are
able to sing off-key when the part calls for them to do so, e.g. Ado Annie
in Oklahoma, but they sound very different from people who are unable to
sing in tune.

In "Something Happened,"
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/15/home/heller-something.html , IMHO
Heller's bester book, Heller had the skill to write in a monotone befitting
his narrator, but the effect required length of the book to appreciate.  I
detect nothing special about FT's writing; it's the kind of sophomoric
lampoonery that I've been writing since I was a Junior, high school Junior,
that is.

Sorry if anyone reading this was the writer of the FT letters, but as far as
naïve rube voices are concerned, I'll take my Candide fruit with a smart
book and beautiful music at Wolf Trap on 6 July.


HENRY MUSIKAR
Information, Media, and Technology Consultant

http://www.urdomain.us/scuffling.htm 


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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:19 PM
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Subject: RE: TRP unfilmable?

I followed the thread very closely. Something in the deliberately applied 
idiotics rang a bell. I responded to "Friend Tom's" post with:

My understanding is that Thomas Pynchon's family tree is full of heretics. 
My reading of the author's writings indicates that Mr. Pynchon's 
literary output is profoundly heretical, and requires understanding 
of some rather occult goings on. Some of the pages of GR are 
either quotes from or magical actions derived from A.E. Waite's
book of black magic. My advice is that you should proceed with 
extreme caution.

And I got an off-list response, one I've already re-posted to the p-list,
so whathahell, whathahell:

<snip>

The crucial passage is:

          * I don't count things on The Simpsons so I can't help 
          the person who asked. I only mention the show because 
          it is actually a Christian-friendly message, and Mr. 
          Pynchon knew it full well when he made his appearance 
          in 2004. Everyone would agree that he's pretty smart, yes? 
          Do any of you doubt for a nanosecond that he failed to 
          understand the Christian interpretation of the show on 
          which his bagged head appeared? Not a chance. 

How would Friend Tom know what The Guy With The Bag Over His 
Head Knows unless Friend Tom is The Guy With The Bag Over His Head?


In any case, that respone for whatever reason, made me look at 
hersy in particular, as it relates to OBA's history and the messages in his 
books.