Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon - 9781594202247

Henry Winkler rushm0r3 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 6 12:29:35 CDT 2009


I think it's this guy doing a Cheech and Chong accent:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/oedipa/ThomasPynchon.jpg

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Kevin Dunn <kevindunn27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Notice also how the narrator does not say "by Thomas Pynchon." Would it be
> ridiculous for the author to say his own name? Or is it just a sly wink to
> the viewers?
>
> K
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Natália Maranca <nmaranca at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It sure sounds like Pynchon doing a fake accent.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:33 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mclarty's tone of voice is higher and more nasal.  The video
>>> narrator's voice seems more from the upper chest.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Carvill John<johncarvill at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Really? Says who?! Doesn't sound much like the sample of McLarty:
>>> >
>>> http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1885881453.1249509290@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadehmhjekehcefecekjdffidfhh.0&Ntk=S_Narrator_Search&Ntt=Ron+McLarty&N=0
>>> > Pynchon (or whoever is on the clip) pronounces Doc like 'dock', whereas
>>> McLarty pronounces it like 'Daac'.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Natália Maranca
>>
>
>
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