BtZ42/10 - Down the toilet

[Mark Kohut]

Every non-P immersed friend I have who has read, or read part of GR, I
think, immediately
references this scene.   It is THE scene that a first time reader laughs
most at
and remembers because of, I suggest.

Toilet humor, like fart jokes, resonate. We got depth psychology working in
GR. Remember
some of the tortuous meanings of 'potty training' in Western society.

Ultimately, to oversimplify
the shrinks, one has to get comfortable with the shit.





On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not? Gist for the mill.  But Slothrup's journey is one of amazement,
> not horror.  His probably imagined horror in this dream is one of
> retribution and Uranus pounding from "above" by a big black rocket.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:10 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure director Danny Boyle has gone on record about the
>> toilet scene being a reference to GR. Can't find it though.
>>
>> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 5:46 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > somewhat amusing to hear iggy pop say no to drugs today and remembering
>> the
>> > lust for life intro (one of the best) in the movie
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:22 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> God, that is so awful!  I'd forgotten that scene.
>> >>
>> >> Slothrup's journey is so much more pleasant, an escape down the rabbit
>> >> hole, away from the reality/fantasy-fear his ass getting a major
>> pounding by
>> >> some well-hung black dude from Roxbury.
>> >>
>> >> David Morris
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Assume most of you've seen this GR-inspired (it must be, right?)
>> >>> sequence. This go-round I noticed what looks like an unexploded bomb
>> - more
>> >>> GR imagery.
>> >>>
>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RoMaS1pzOE
>> >>>
>> >>> LK
>> >>> - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
>
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