BtZ42/12 -two links and two questions

[Jochen Stremmel]

"Not Dracula, who's Romanian."

The wiki suggests the actor who played Dracula, Bela Lugosi.

2016-06-01 20:18 GMT+02:00 <kelber at mindspring.com>:

> The fictional BBC propagandist, Myron Grunton, appears to be based on this
> guy (whatever's in wikipedia MUST be true, right? Couldn't find a better
> source):
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefton_Delmer
>
> Here's an interesting take on the propaganda activities of the Political
> Warfare Executive, from the point of view of Richard Crossman, who headed
> the German section of the PWE, and therefore was responsible for
> propaganda. A passionate devotee of all things German, to the point where
> some questioned his enthusiasm, he opposed the heavy-handed American
> propaganda, in favor of a more muted approach, to get inside the German
> mind. Specifically, black propaganda which pretended to be pro-Nazi, while
> sowing seeds of doubt and dissent.
>
>
> https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/digital/crossman/urss/shaef/
>
> Two questions about Episode 12:
>
> 1. "Maybe because this is 1945." That's a pretty explicit statement from
> Pynchon that this is happening in 1945. It's made in the context of the
> Hungarian doctor Rosie's (for short) ruminations on how to keep funding
> alive post-war. But Weissburger insits that "someone fell asleep" because
> this is supposed to be December 1945, in terms of the narrative. All I can
> say is, if we grant Weissburger this mistake, then I get to declare that
> Peter Sachsa's 1930 death is also a mistake (that year of his death
> creating a timeline where Bianca is older than the 12 years we're told she
> is at the time Slothrop meets her).
>
> 2. There's a reference to Dr. Rosie's accent and gestures being an attempt
> to cash in on a resemblance to his most famous compatriot. I'm stumped. Not
> Dracula, who's Romanian. Personally, I think his stylized accent sounds a
> lot like Dr. Strangelove. I know I'm about to be rendered into an idiot
> when someone here points out the obvious. I'm OK - enlighten me, please!
>
> LK
>
>
>
> - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
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