another thought-provoking question

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 17 06:31:45 CST 2010


My prudish self-protecting thoughts went along Michael's so-open words.....

However, as we know, Sasha LIKED invisibility....the man to overpower UNLIKE Crumb....when "taken" to ...dissolve..........

Might we also align this with the "every [most?. Lots of incomplete?] women loves a fascist....................and brute-like fascists in TRP's fiction?

--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> Subject: re: another thought-provoking question
> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:24 PM
> Mark was thinking:
> >Sasha, I believe it is, says sometimes when having
> sex--with Wolfmann, not Doc, if I remember right, she says
> she feels invisible.
> >Discuss? Discuss.
> quotha..
> 
> 
> well, Peg Bundy used to say about her ambitions: "I want to
> be
> nothing.  I want to do nothing."
> 
> which is all that is left when a man so thoroughly takes
> over...
> 
> a-and, in the movie Crumb, one of his ladyfriends said sex
> with him was just the
> opposite: it was all about HER, him making her feel awesome
> and him reveling
> in her beauty - never the other way
> 
> I suppose healthy would be some of both and a nice melding
> in the middle...
> me, I'm more of a Crumb-type lover meself...not boasting,
> all that
> reveling can wear a girl out I suspect...
> 
> In (William Gibson's)  _Pattern Recognition_ I think
> Bigend's
> described as a "Lombard" -
> lots of money but a real dickhead -
> it's all about HIM, his power, his money, his ability to
> jump queues
> and get tables without a reservation, his strength and
> stamina in bed...
> 
> (ok, that was a bit of discussion - I'm rather low on ideas
> and stuff
> right now...
> although starting to feel a little more lively...)
> 
> 
> -- 
> -- "(Sure, you can build a great sense of self-worth by
> carrying around
> an unfolded accordion, but sometimes a person needs to
> wallow in
> self-doubt, carefully concealing the squeeze-box.)" - why's
> Poignant
> Guide to Ruby
> 


      



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