Re: La Jarretière

[Richard Ryan]

This sounds on target to me Mark. I don't find any textual evidence in
"V." that La Jarretière's (ludicrous) death is staged.  Thus, her
re-appearance in AtD must be Pynchon multiplexing in his usual warped,
giggly way..  History heaps jokes on top of jokes.

RR

2011/3/31 Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
> Rereading the AtD appearance after having just reread V.
> the death in V. still seems real and the reappeance is some
> insightful spin on turning horror into a joke.....farce.....in history
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 2:46:36 AM
> Subject: Re: La Jarretière
>
> Matthew wrote:
>> Nice one Tore. Now the question is: What are we to make of that?
>
>
> That he planned it all the time
>
> textual evidence I posted:
>
> a) http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=1102&msg=154562&sort=date
>
> relevant passage:
> page 459
> - nasty business with the sharpened pole
> - however, we now know it "was all theater"
>
> - "Damn the German" oh ok, I guess he is the maker of the automatons...
>
> page 460
> - so like, V. is watching this happen?
> - - that's messed up
> --- (or is she in on it?)(nah)
> --  coroners are presumably not immune to bribery in 1913
> -- raspberry jam
> -- it's probably something V. cooked up with a lover other than V.
> -- she wouldn't have told Porcepic 'cos he was buds with V., right?
> - the sweet cheat gone
>
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>
> b) http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=1102&msg=154563&sort=date
> I've got a theory:
> remember how old Satin did NOT go to the Black Mass, but sat there at
> the table shuffling glasses with a murderous look on his face?
> so - maybe he's a good guy.
> and plus, he's like the choreographer, who better to work the
> mechanics of it all, to help Melanie stage a fake suicide and get away
> from V.?
> Yup, that's my theory, and I'm stickin' with it.
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