...the Next Big American Anti-Intellectual(WAS...)

[bandwraith at aol.com]

All good points. And it goes to the heart of the
American dilemma- the difficulty with and
mistrust of things intellectual. Sometimes I
think Inherent Vice a rejection of the author's
youthful ambitions- his Elliot period. Sometimes,
it seems more an attempt to subvert the
foundamentalist tendencies of the right wing
christian nation America has always been,
by demonstrating another branch of that
common anti-intellectual root, i.e., the private
eye option.

That may be too generous, though. After a
promising start, Elliot caved and turned to
the orthodox irrationality of the anglican "hedge
fund."


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 7:29 am
Subject: Re: Is the Paul Anderson Pynchon's Inherent Vice the Next Big 
Lebowski


Nice excuse for some PR...but

The Big Lebowski wasn't The Big Lebowski when released. It was NOT 
Fargo, many,
many said.

And, trying to label a movie the next cult classic is like a company 
sending out

its YouTube promo to thousands and
claiming it is viral. Already.

And, The Big Lebowski had no original book to be found 
different/lacking from.
Just sayin'.

Yet, I am eager to see this myself just because...