Liss/stepvr 4th roundup - 27/18 April (the cruelest month?) 16th

[David Morris]

It says a lot bad about VL.  Unlike homophobic scenes in GR, this isn't
satire. It is a serious portrayal. It is the heart of VL.  It is a polemic
of sexual dynamics. Pynchon seems to like his female characters liking
abuse. It happens in Bleeding Edge also.  In GR it is his S&M daisy chain.
It is a polemic about power dynamics.  That's why I earlier said Pynchon
writes equations (of power dynamics) instead of narratives about characters.

David Morris

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:51 PM Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It says a lot about Pynchon...
>
> Www.keithdavismusic.com
>
> > On Apr 16, 2020, at 11:37 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> >>
> >> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:12:58 -0500
> >> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> I really disliked VL's portrayal of Women being
> >> (down below) weak-knee'd for male dominance.
> >>
> >> ----  would you be willing to elaborate?
> >
> >
> > I think most people here don't need me to elaborate.
> >
> > Frenesi betrays her most trusted friends and family for Brock Vond.  That
> > seems to me the most important turn of events in VL.
> >
> > At the end, DL spreads her legs up into the night sky asking for Brock to
> > come take her.
> >
> > Both episodes are unexpected and dramatic.  And ugly.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> >>
> >>
> > --
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>