IV Romancing the Officeplace

[Mark Kohut]

Richard Fiero writes: 
"I wonder. That's the kind of crap your mom watched, ini't?
Or my mom. God fucking forbid."
 
And mine. And that Penny is our moms---if one is of a certain age---
yet is a hustling DA careerist, might be P's perspective on the explosion of women into the workforce from the 70s on, maybe? 

--- On Thu, 12/3/09, Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: IV Romancing the Officeplace
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:12 PM
> John Bailey wrote:
> >Why Ghidrah? Despite the abundance of film and tv
> references in P's
> >stuff, IV sees him returning to Godzilla movies several
> times (which
> >have already been referred to in earlier novels). Same
> with Star Trek
> >- gags thereupon in the last three books. That's too
> many jokes about
> >the one show for my taste. Does it suggest lazy
> recycling or something
> >more vital about these texts? For my money, it just
> suggests that
> >Pynchon is a big old geek at heart.
> >
> >Not that there's anything wrong with that.
> >
> >On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > Michael B. writes:
> > >
> > > "the part of her that I suggested exists, the
> romantic streak that
> > > (due to workplace ambitions and sisterly
> obligations to the
> > > feminist cause) no longer completely controls her
> actions,
> > > probably finds this attempt - and the failure - a
> bit touching."
> > >
> > > and TRP has her cry over a romantic movie (or
> two). Right on.
> 
> I wonder. That's the kind of crap your mom watched, ini't?
> Or my mom.
> God fucking forbid.
> 
> 
> 

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com