Inherent Good: back to Rich's work on Chap 3 COFL49

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Keep in mind that Pynchon wrote (of) the Courier's Tragedy in the mid-60s, so he could stick any current-day allusions he wanted into it.  Likewise, Driblette interpreted (enhanced, tampered with) the "original" text in the fictional 1960s, adding or clarifying the role of the Trystero in the play for his own reasons.  Driblette's "...words, words" an echo of Hamlet.  Did Driblette stage the Courier's Tragedy with the addition of the Trystero assassins to catch the conscience of some watching king?  Who would that king be?  Oedipa?  Metzger?  Pierce Inverarity?  Us?

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>

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>So, some dark W.A.S.T.E system from way back had a recent staging alluding
>to the assassination (by more elements of that Tristero system) of America's Fisher-King,
>so to speak?
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>And how does that fit into The Courier's Tragedy? Lust, greed, mutilating torture and death in a play from the Jocobean era?
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>I am reminded of the mysterious black horsemen in Against the Day. Anyone else?
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:01:44 PM
>Subject: Re: Inherent Good: back to Rich's work on Chap 3 COFL49
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>Hollander's take on the three-assassin theory of the Kennedy Assassination seems pretty relevant here. A hint at three shadowy assassins not referred to in the official text (Warren Report). Also, three is the minimum number needed for a V-shaped assault.
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>By the way, just finished reading the great article Robin posted a while back:
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>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6750/is_46-49/ai_n28819965/?tag=content;col1
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>about Pynchon's writings at Boeing.  He made a number of references to the V2 rocket and had a tendency to use triangular bullets, instead of the customary round ones, for his lists.
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>Laura
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: May 21, 2009 4:20 PM
>>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: Inherent Good: back to Rich's work on Chap 3 COFL49
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>>The 'worst' thing--darkest; morally?--- about the Tristero are the three assassins-----
>>which were brought on stage by Driblette----not by Wharfinger's text. 
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>>Significance, if any? 
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