Re: Pynchon's Presidents
jbor <[email protected]> Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:42:45 +1100
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on 25/6/02 12:11 AM, Mark Wright AIA at [email protected] wrote: > Cheap jokes are part'n'parcel of P's grand burlesque show methodology. > Is Clinton really being "lambasted quite scathingly"? The jest sounds > affectionate, don't you think? Not sure. It highlights the fact that he was a liar. Depends whether or not you find that funny. > Truman, now --- shit; P doesn't have any sweet little cheap jokes for > him --- no sir. > I agree. The other provocative suggestion in _GR_ is the contention that FDR was "put to sleep" (374.8). best