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[alice wellintown]

"Weed"  makes the smoker of "Weed" paranoid; he/she is open to the
notion that everything is connected. Of course, it could just be the
weed. This is a premise of all  postmodern fiction.  Pynchon was
better than most circa 1970.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe so.  But I thing IV portrays weed as sometimes positive also -
> perception enhancing.
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> is there some sort of Infinite Jest reference in this scene, the
>> catatonic and zombiefied by their own indulgences
>>
>> On 10/9/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "Hey!  Guess what's in this grass?"
>>> "Nothing!"
>>>
>>> The zombie revelation/paranoia occurs just after Doc smoke this killer
>>> weed.  It seems to be the catalyst for this new POV.
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