STetc title thought / lick and a promise / ch 37

[Mark Kohut]

Shadow ticket and shadow docket 'rhyme' conceptually and thematically, I
say...

On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM Michael Bailey via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

>   *
> Shadow ticket near-rhymes with "shadow docket"
>
> I'm going to watch some production of Cosi at some point & post about it
>
>
> Ch 37 looks like a tripartite chapter.
>
> Wtf is going on & where are we? (always pertinent questions)
>
> Part one: bar conversation, Stuffy drew Hicks a map & he went there to
> meet him (works in either order of antecedents (-; ) & it's a beer joint.
> They join sea captain (but does he have a concertina and is he wearing a
> mariniera shirt?) Ernst Hauffnitz. He gives them backstory on the fricken
> submarine.
>
> Part deux: Bruno's signing over the operation to Daphne, preparatory to
> exiting stage right.
>
> Part 3:  Stuffy 'n' them "liberate" Bruno out on the rolling seas.
>
> Gratuitous link unrelated, except that the final chorus (about 5 minutes
> in) is "out on the rolling sea"
> https://youtu.be/4xiD9-9nGec?si=cKitwSpia1KC6TFQ
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