VL p. 246

[Mark Kohut]

LB: Reconciliation?, (yes, hard) : 

Living "next to ourselves" as it is said of Frenesi may be what unites the betrayed with the self-betrayed?



 


----- Original Message ----
From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 2:12:54 PM
Subject: Re: VL p. 246

On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:59 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> So I'm getting from this that you don't agree with me that the Thanatoids are, in part, a critique of the passive, tube-watching culture?

In part, the Thanatoids are a critique of the passive, tube-watching cultureTV Zombie Nation. In part, the Thanatoids are a critique of activists who who bailed on "the movement"/had the movement bail on them. In part Vineland is the end of the road for the American Dream. As usual with all Pynchon, things are never either/or. Things are "&."