Where's the labor section?

[Ian Livingston]

I certainly agree that AtD offers the best take on working folk. I,
too, found myself able to "see" many of the characters in the novel,
including Webb, Lew, and Merle.  The miners, tunnel drivers and
laborers feel pretty authentic in AtD. In Vineland, on the other hand,
the working people, like most of the characters in the novel, seem to
be drawn straight from film and / or television. Part of why I say
Pynchon's take is mixed.

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Michael Bailey  wrote:
>
>> he doesn't get into a lot of explicit physical description, but a
>> pretty good picture of Webb emerges, doesn't it?
>
> I mean, he's 5'10" with hazel, slightly sad eyes and a strong jaw.
> His trim muscular physique and zoot suit in the early scenes remind
> one of James Dean or Montgomery Clift, and his somewhat larger gestalt
> and more modest wardrobe in the later years, with a receding hairline
> but good smile and a firm handshake, make him somewhat similar in
> appearance to Lou Grant.  His voice is calm most of the time, and even
> when he's kvetching, not unkind...
>



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