BEER Ch. 4 Shawn

[Dave Monroe]

"Later that afternoon Maxine has an appointment with her emotherapist,
who happens to share with Horst an appreciation of silence as one of
the world's unpriceable commodities, though maybe not in the same
way." (BE, Ch. 4, p. 30)


"emotherapist"

Vs. chemotherapist?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emotherapy

So a few steps in and we've had Alexithymia, Borderline Personality
Disorder, Kugelblitz theory, DSM reference. Diagnostastic!

Or are the people in Maxine's life characterised by emotional
disconnection? Are they America? Or are they who she finds it easier
to be around?

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=1310&msg=177392

Therapists et al. in Pynchon?


Shawn

Seán (Ulster dialect spelling Séan) is an Irish language name. It is
Irish borrowing of the Norman French Jehan (see Jean). Anglicisations
of the name include Sean, Shane, Shayne, Shaine, Shan, Shon, Shaun,
and Shawn. The name Shane comes from the Ulster pronunciation of the
name, whereas the names Shaun, Shawn, or Sean come from the way it is
pronounced in Munster, Leinster, and Connacht.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_%28given_name%29


Leuzinger High School

Leuzinger High School is a public high school (9th through 12th
grades) in Lawndale, California. It opened on January 27, 1931, with
an enrollment of 268. It was named after Adolph Leuzinger in
recognition of his 25 years of service on the Board of Trustees of the
Inglewood Union High School District. The school is in the Centinela
Valley Union High School District. As Leuzinger's first senior class
graduated while the 1932 Summer Olympics were hosted in and around
nearby Los Angeles, the school's mascot became the "Olympians".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuzinger_High_School
http://bleedingedge.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_4#Page_30

Surfers in Pynchon?


Martin Scorsese's Kundun (1997)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119485/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0jChlBwHE

Movies in Pynchon?


"twelve identical black Armani suits"

http://www.armani.com/us/emporioarmani/men/suits
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