Question: GR and music

[Bruno Nogueira]

There's also a mention to an Errol Flynn moustache. Plus the Slothrop
stuttering seems to refer to a famous 50s comedy actor (forgot the name,
sorry).

2016-11-16 16:23 GMT-06:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:

> http://chiseler.org/post/77291395550/the-dark-side-of-shirley-temple
>
> In 1973, Thomas Pynchon published what is considered by many to be one of
> the greatest novels ever written, *Gravity’s Rainbow*. Now, among its
> myriad storylines and countless memorable scenes, one stands out among all
> the others as perhaps the most notorious. About halfway through the novel,
> we’re introduced to Bianca..
>
> Without going into all the preceding narrative details, let’s just say
> Bianca is first described as “a knockout, alright, 11 or 12, dark and
> lovely…” She is in fact, if I am reading my contextual clues correctly,
> roughly 16, and makes her appearance during a drunken orgy scene aboard a
> yacht called the Anubis: “…{F}unseekers crowded eagerly around a cleared
> space where Bianca now stands pouting, her little red frock halfway up her
> slender thighs, with black lace petticoats peeping from beneath the hem…”
>
> Urged on by her mother, Margherita, she sings “On the Good Ship Lollipop”
> to the horny crowd while performing a dead-on Shirley Temple impression.
> Her mother then demands she sing “Animal Crackers in My Soup.” Bianca
> refuses, and a reveler shouts “Super Animals in My Crack!”—a line which has
> stuck with me ever since.
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:08 PM, kelber at mindspring.com <
> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Looking through the film references section of the GR wiki, it looks like
>> the only references to an actual film is, of course, King Kong. And there's
>> a reference to the son ( not capitalized) of Frankenstein. He mentions
>> Cecil B. Demille, the Marx Brothers, and offhandedly, Bela Lugosi. I guess
>> clips of various German expressionist movies from the 20s would best
>> capture the book.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
>>
>>
>> János Széky <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A musician friend is member of a group which creates improvised
>>  accompaniment to film montages without soundtrack, nickelodeon-style. He
>> chose GR as a theme for his next concert. He asked for a comprehensive
>> essay about references to films in the book. Can you help?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> János
>>
>
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