Vineland, the TV Series

[kelber at mindspring.com]

John From Cincinatti seemed to be an approximation of what Vineland:  The TV Series might be like.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Feb 18, 2009 1:10 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Vineland, the TV Series
>
>
>On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Henry Musikar wrote:
>
>> For me, VL stands out in the Pynchon canon as, next to COL49, the  
>> easiest
>> read, but more importantly, the most exterior, i.e. least internal,  
>> work.
>>
>> There's more to the Tube in VL than the usually entertaining  
>> references to
>> shows, real and imagined. This one has a higher dialogue to weight  
>> ratio
>> than any other P-work (someone talk me down if I'm wrong), making it  
>> easier
>> to transfer to the Tube, and with less loss, than any other work by  
>> OBA.
>>
>> Henry Mu
>
>I concur, Vineland consciously is modeled after made-for-TV movies and  
>miniseries, from its flashbacks within flashbacks right up to its  
>happily-ever-after conclusion.