IV Chapter 18 Thoughts

[Michael Bailey]

rich wrote:
> I'm not sure why Pynchon felt the need to show Doc and friends staring
> at a non-TV filled with an uber-addictive substance. Considering what
> the forces of repression are up to and what we find out what they're
> all about, having Doc, Denis and Jade stoned and staring like zombies
> at nothing says alot, if its not said very subtly. They don't stand a
> chance.

heehee, that is my favorite scene.  If Shasta and Doc had relaxed just
a bit more, that would be my favorite scene in 17

...even with the discipline
stuff (which is a big turnoff for me, I may be repressing something but
have never cared for that stuff), it is still pretty sexalicious

but anyway, "it's like a documentary"

Sermons in stones & so forth.  if your mind is open you can see
a lot of things, heroin-scrying is certainly a far, far better use of the
stuff than most any other I can think of...

also, interestingly Doc characterizes the sad moment when he
takes the stuff, as "repo-ing" it, which hearkens back to when
his own tv was repossessed starting him on his career





-- 
- "The doctor said give him jug band music; it seems to make him feel
just fine!"