NP, but Kubrick

Monte Davis montedavis at verizon.net
Tue Apr 3 16:26:58 CDT 2012


That could well be it! Thanks, Paul.

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On 4/3/2012 12:01 PM, Monte Davis wrote:
> Speaking of K:
> It's my hazy recollection that the string "How I learned to stop 
> worrying and love [x]" already had some currency before its appearance 
> as sub/alter title to Dr. Strangelove. It's always had the flavor of 
> parody, verbal sendup, but the original is 100% subsumed by now. Was 
> it echoing the title of a memoir, a self-help  book? Or am I making 
> this up? Au secours, Boomers and wannabes!



How to Stop Worrying and Start Living--Dale Carnegie

P


>
> MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On 
> Behalf Of kelber at mindspring.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:10 AM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: NP, but Kubrick
>
> http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/stanley_kubricks_very_first_films_t
> hree_s
> hort_documentaries.html
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> LK
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