VL-IV: Chap7- Floozy with an Uzi

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Hi there, Jael ... uh, what are you wearing?

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/original/Lynda-Carter---Wonder-Woman-Photograph-C10101726.jpg

http://innergeekdom.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/sarah-connor.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/2001/posters/lara_croft_tomb_raider.jpg

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Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>

>the violent femme has a long provenance: what about Jael in the Bible,
>who nailed somebody's head to the floor? There is a certain
>fascination there, but I'm not going to claim it's feminist, nor is it
>very sexy.
>
>But anyway...
>Pynchon's one of the good guys.  For a little context, let's wonder
>what DL is doing at the wedding in the first place.  It's not too much
>of a stretch to interpolate there's a business friendship between
>Ralph Sr and DL, with the casual ass-grab punished easily (and with
>impunity) - he admires her for her skills.  as we shall see.  So
>more'n likely she's an invited guest, and from RW's asking about his
>whereabouts, so was Takeshi - he's elsewhere engaged in their
>business, whatever that is, but obviously it isn't congruent with
>Wayvone Family business or he'd be there.
>She is like Strider at the inn in the Lord of the Rings.  She may have
>a bodacious car, but like Aragorn's sword, she's earned it and needs
>it for her work.
>