Cars

[Robin Landseadel]

On Oct 22, 2009, at 6:10 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> The movie reviewer-style referencing of movies and, perhaps, the  
> used car-sellers referencing of cars, add a layer of pop-culture  
> cheesiness (Velveetification?)to the story.  We're not getting the  
> simple view of the omniscient narrator, we're getting the view  
> filtered through a lens clouded by crappy pop culture.  The TV  
> parodies are part of this.  Pynchon is using a filter of crappy  
> culture, like fog moving in, to show us why the budding idealism of  
> the 60s went under.

He's also demonstrating car lust and envy.