enjoying IV
Kai Frederik Lorentzen
lorentzen at hotmail.de
Thu Aug 6 03:45:55 CDT 2009
Having seen TBL twice, I share your opinion. I mean, the heartattack of
the guy played by Buscemi is so ridiculous it both times made me lol.
"Fargo" was very cool, though.
Keep on enjoying your IV read!
KFL
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> From: dougmillison at comcast.net
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: enjoying IV
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:31:51 -0700
>
> I found the Big Lebowski annoying enough that I stopped paying
> attention to it the first time I tried to watch it, and I haven't
> gotten back to it. At the same time, I've read Vineland many times,
> and I'm sure I'll read IV more than once, because I'm thoroughly
> enjoying it, on its own terms (from my perspective as a guy who came
> of age in the 60s, as a reader of detective fiction), and because of
> the way the novel plays with Pynchon's other books.
>
> All the "eating pussy" references bring to mind my favorite street
> performer, guy used to show up in Berkeley in the early 70s, a stand-
> up comedian who had this huge book of jokes he'd read from in a chair
> on Sproul Plaza, he had a routine about "eating pussy on skateboards.
> Called himself "the Ex-Swami X, the answer to the perennial question,
> 'Why, Swami, why?' No! It's Ex-Swami X!" I heard that when he wasn't
> in Berkeley he was down at Venice Beach in Lower Cal.
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