ST Squeezita Thickly

[Mark Kohut]

yeah, I see....so much pointed at--filled out in your response---and even
including pedophilia,
akin toi what I pointed out about the present....


On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM Joseph Tracy <coypoet at mailfence.com> wrote:

> I was comparing the shadows of film noir and  the implication of incest
> with Airmont to recent exposure of crimes in Hollywood, like Harvey
> Weinstein. Sean Combs, Kevin Spacey etc. and the Epstein corruption.  If I
> meant to refer to the 30s I would have used the past tense, but
> understandable misreading. It's obvious that connections are being drawn
> between 30s fascism and current fascism.
>  There is a Shirley Temple story where  she says MGM head Arthur Freed
> exposed himself to her and she laughed him out of the room.
> On 5/4/26 10:47 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
> Besides Fatty Arbuncle where was a darker (pedophilia) side of movie world
> "being regularly exposed"
> at the time?he room.
>
> Fatty's story---which I may not know fully---seemed to me Pynchon's shadow
> synecdoche connection to the
> present.
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 8:52 AM Joseph Tracy via Pynchon-l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
>
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>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject:        Re: ST Squeezita Thickly
>> Date:   Sun, 3 May 2026 21:44:27 -0400
>> From:   Joseph Tracy <coypoet at mailfence.com>
>> Organization:   www.brooksideglassworks.com
>> To:     Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>>
>>
>>
>> Good stuff. The novel revolves intensely around the mythologies of
>> Hollywood, mostly film noir, all at a time when the darker side of movie
>> world , including the Pedophilia implied with Bruno "dating" his
>> daughter, is being regularly exposed .
>>
>> Shirley Temple was always fixing things between people with one song and
>> dance after another, filling some kind of psychological need in the
>> depression.  One is not sure such a reconciliation is the best thing for
>> the Airmonts.
>>
>> On 5/3/26 10:03 AM, Robin Landseadel via Pynchon-l wrote:
>> > Starting on 218, continuing through 222, Daphne catches up with her
>> > dad, Bruno Airmont. "Have you been to the movies lately? We used to do
>> > that a lot. How about a date?"
>> > "Sure, April 23, 1928, that good?"
>> >
>> > Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928. This scene is set in the
>> > winter of 1932, by then Shirley started her "Baby Burlesks" shorts,
>> > her first movies.
>> >
>> > What follows is a trip to the "Mozik" (cinema) to watch Squeezita
>> > Thickly (an obvious parody of Shirley Temple) in "Bigger Than Yer
>> > Stummick (1931)". Squeezita sings a song about eating that, lyrically
>> > speaking, shares a strong resemblance to "On the Good Ship Lollipop".
>> > This sequence rhymes with the sequence on pg. 473 of Gravity's Rainbow
>> > (I've got the 2000 edition) where young Bianca Erdmann grunts "The
>> > Good Ship Lollypop". This is reinforced later on page 241 when a
>> > Mangalica pig is described as "One of the more loveable pig faces,
>> > surrounded by ringlets and curls. Squeezita Thickly should only look
>> > half this adorable."
>> >
>> > Shirley Temple "saved" Fox Films after William Fox was kicked out.
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