The Master (2012)

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It's called PTSD now and it's still hideous. Open to civilians, or 
anyone experiencing a traumatic event.


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 10:41 am
Subject: Re: The Master (2012)


By dint of a rather strange job I briefly held at mid century, I got to 
meet a fair number of WWII vets whose post war adjustments ended up as 
insanity or close to it.  My duty at the VA hospital was to act as 
middle man on the electric shock therapy team. I got to talk to these 
guys before and after we worked them over. I don't know whether our 
approach helped or hurt. 

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On Sep 21, 2012, at 8:44 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:



The Master has gleaned such good/bad reviews.  I think I like the bad 
ones.  I'll see it real soon.

On Friday, September 21, 2012, Dave Monroe wrote:

... @ least a couple of what I'm taking as obvious Against the Day
references, @ very least, not only to the "pigeon post" during the
siege of Paris (AtD Ch. 1, p. 19) ...

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_1-25#Page_19

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Garçons_de_%2771

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0701&msg=114462

... + see as well, e.g., ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_post#Pigeon_post_of_Paris

http://www.cix.co.uk/~mhayhurst/jdhayhurst/pigeon/pigeon.html

http://www.amazon.com/Airlift-Balloon-Pigeon-Siege-Paris/dp/B0000CMMIP

http://parispigeonpost.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/siege-of-paris-pigeon-post-and-balloon-mail/

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct10/al-pigeonpost.html

... but the pointed use of the phrase "against the day" itself ("We
fought against the day and won") ...

The Master (2012)

http://www.themasterfilm.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_(2012_film)