TOO reBEel or naught to reBEel ?

[Paul Mackin]

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From: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: TOO reBEel or naught to reBEel ?


> The difference is that Vineland is a made for TV movie. Mind you, our 
> rememberances are filtered through the expectations of made for TV 
> movies. In Vineland, there is a happy ending. In the real word—not so 
> much.

The happy ending may be essential to the idea that the Traverses and the 
Beckers can still be happy even though they are not winning the class war.