BtZ42 Section 9 (pp 53-60): Jessica wonders

[ish mailian]

A great mixture of the fantastic, poetry that is fertilizer for an
active reader who learns to avoid the cul-de-sacs of a first or second
read.

Boondocks meet Bob Ross is how I see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhn_TAbvSH8

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> P. 54: "searchlights... to light the night, and barrage balloons to populate
> fat and friendly the daybreak... even the explosions... only kind
> thunder"Monte:
> These momentary, optimistic Disneyfications hit their stride in GR -- or at
> least I can't recall anything quite in this voice from V. or Col49, while
> it's always in the toolkit from here on. Here we get it through Jessica's
> wistfulness, but I associate it with Slothrop's immersion in movies and
> comix and upbeat pop songs.
>
> Focussing on, the line comes right out of AtD in effect, I suggest.
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:32 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> P. 54: "searchlights... to light the night, and barrage balloons to
>> populate fat and friendly the daybreak... even the explosions... only kind
>> thunder"
>>
>> These momentary, optimistic Disneyfications hit their stride in GR -- or
>> at least I can't recall anything quite in this voice from V. or Col49, while
>> it's always in the toolkit from here on. Here we get it through Jessica's
>> wistfulness, but I associate it with Slothrop's immersion in movies and
>> comix and upbeat pop songs.
>>
>> Why is the hovering, out-of-body Jessica "in widelegged, shoulderpadded
>> white"? Doesn't sound like the hand-me-down pajamas mentioned a few lines
>> later. Is there a specific 1940s visual cue I'm missing, not this but
>> something like it?
>>
>>
>> http://electricka.com/etaf/muses/music/gone_but_not_forgotten/second_world_war_era/zoot_suit/multimedia/calloway_in_zoot_suit.jpg
>>
>> "...Biblical, maybe, spooky as an old northern fairy tale, but not The
>> War"
>>
>> Nothing to see here, just ol' Tom doing a fast pivot-cut shuffle of his
>> sources: Genesis rainbow and Slothrop preterition: check... Wotan's hunt,
>> Hansel and Gretel, Tannhauser: check... and that global Freedom vs Tyranny
>> II thing they're podcasting battle by battle at the moment, which may have
>> some long-term staying power.
>>
>> "As the data keep coming in, Roger looks more and more like a prophet. Psi
>> Section people stare after him in the hallways."
>>
>> This reversal -- who's the wizard here? -- is as good a one-paragraph
>> snapshot of Pynchon, Science and Magic as there is. They want control, so
>> they look for a controller, and he can't convince them that the spooky order
>> just...emerges... with nothing for anyone to get a handle on.
>
>
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