Femenist reading of IV

[Robin Landseadel]

On Feb 19, 2010, at 8:03 AM, rich wrote:

> there was a very interesting article about women who joined these  
> women-only communes in the 70s, even straight women, who not only  
> wanted to distance themselves from men, they didn't even talk to  
> them--was in the New Yorker within the last year.
>
> Also, an article in Salon/NY Times I believe within the last year  
> about a SF group (think this is the name:  One Taste Urban Retreat  
> Center,) where the focus is on the female orgasm
>
> about being compromised--Vineland seems alot more angrier regarding  
> this than in IV, no? is it Pynch is older, figuring we're all aware  
> of the history, perhaps?
>
> rich

Inherent Vice is a Noir, Noir is all about lighting—dark lighting,  
chiaroscuro. It's also about high and low. Yes, Pynchon is angry about  
the left being brought low in 1984, that's the motor driving Vineland.  
In Inherent Vice it's the Mise en scène, something assumed, simply the  
nature of the genre.