More Sam Harpoon ???

[Joseph Tracy]

plotz is a yiddish term meaning to flop wearily down.I noticed it in Ch 10  because of Harpoon. It shows up twice in BE and once as the title of a Sam Harpoon movie. Coincidence?

 CH 3 “I am telling you, it is work, girl.” “Oh, Daytona. Whatever this is, I’m sorry.” So it all comes plotzing forth, the usual emotional…
 
 Chapter 10  Windust has acquired a portfolio of pain and damage applied to various human body parts that might have added up to hundreds—who knows, maybe thousands—of deaths on his karmic ticket. Should she tell somebody? Ernie? Elaine, who’s been trying to fix her up? They would so plotz.

 Tweet from S  Harpoon- Why would anyone want to see a modern movie that “takes place” in the 1970s when there are plenty of movies from that actual era they can see instead? It’s absurd that a “re-creation” gets a major release while there are still prints of my “Plotz!” which were never projected. SH.


> On Dec 17, 2021, at 8:51 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Quotes from Sam Harpoon on twitter:
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> Film director with tales to tell. Don’t believe the stories, believe the truth. 50th Anniversary of Rainbow coming up. #Cut <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Cut&src=hashtag_click>-a-rooski. SH.
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> The truth is, even if you “preserve” the physical properties of a film you’re not capturing its true artistic resonance, which can exist only in the living, ephemeral “Now.” My films are already "preserved" where it matters most: the Akashic mind of the audience. So I'm fine. SH.
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> Why would anyone want to see a modern movie that “takes place” in the 1970s when there are plenty of movies from that actual era they can see instead? It’s absurd that a “re-creation” gets a major release while there are still prints of my “Plotz!” which were never projected. SH.
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> This is not a director who takes chances. He only wants to please the critics and others, to give them what they want in exchange for “praise” and “appreciation.” And they take the bait! A true artist creates only for him/herself and can never really be appreciated by others. SH.
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> I have no problem with a movie presenting an “alternate version” of history so long as the audience understands that what they’re getting is NOT meant to represent the truth. A responsible filmmaker would put a disclaimer either before or after the scene. Preferably both. SH.
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> A funny and clever satirist is at work.  He/she thinks the z ending for plurals is satiric material. PTALicorice Pizz set in 70s. Knows how to bloviate about art. 50th anniversary of Rainbow coincides . Recently hung out with hollywood crowd for Inherent Vice.  The name Sam Harpoon is  a character from Licorice Pizza mentioned by Paul Thomas Anderson in new film Licorice Pizza; cutarroski is a line from Harpoon.. The photo of Harppon could easily be PTA photoshopped. The actor playing Harpoon is screenwriter Dan Charlton, so he could be the twitterer. Tweeter? Will twitterary enter the lexicon, twitterate? already there?  Is this TRP? Or is the 50th anniversary of Rainbow,  2023 for GR, just a red herring?
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> Does Pynchon have something himself cooking for 2023? 
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