VL p.234 Why 'chocolate-covered bananas?

[John Fu]

Howie arrives at Rex's place in Vineland page 234 -

 

"In the far corner  of the freezer he found a chocolate-covered banana from Hermosa Beach, all crystalline with undefrosted snow, and wandered back in" . . .

 

. . . ""Weed is an FBI plant," Frenesi told him" . . .

 

 . . . "Howie got instant dry mouth, and the frozen banana turned to sawdust.  The glitter eyed absence of humor in the room drew into its vacuum and down over his cringing soul the cold certainty that they weren't fooling."

 

Do all those thermodynamics going on here key into the TRP ting with entropy ?

 

 

 
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:11:04 -0400
> Subject: Re: IVIV Why 'chocolate-covered bananas? p.22
> From: jpfkelly at gmail.com
> To: markekohut at yahoo.com
> CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
> 
> Apart from the obvious reasons for TRP to choose the banana, my mind
> went straight to the television show Arrested Development when I came
> across this particular dish in the book. There were other instances in
> which I thought Tommy was alluding to the show, from the chocolate
> bananas to the housing units and what not, among others. The show does
> a better job of explaining itself than I ever could, and provides
> surprising lucidity and conciseness despite the many superficually
> superfluous tangents and tirades. It's also an uproarious satire.
> 
> http://the-op.com/
> 
> is an AD fan site. it's no AtD wiki, lemmie tell ya.
> 
> or you can just watch the show itself.
> 
> http://www.hulu.com/arrested-development
> 
> too far fetched? probably. good grief (cue 'christmas time is here
> again' as i walk away slowly with my head down).

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