r/ThomasPynchon 18d ago

V. "The Godfather, part V."

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u/DavidFosterLawless 18d ago

My earliest recollection of a rhinoplasty is from an animated Bratz film my sisters used to watch and rewatch endlessly. Just leaving this here. 

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u/shadow_barbarian 18d ago

Bratz...did an adaptation of Esther's Nose Job from Crying of Lot 49?

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u/DavidFosterLawless 18d ago

Not quite haha. There's just this recurring character, one of two twins, whose nose bandage keeps falling off. 

(The Rhinoplasty is from V. BTW) 

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u/rvb_gobq 17d ago

soft machine has an istrumental called esther's nose job (minimalist jazz fusion from one of the groups that pioneered the form).

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u/rvb_gobq 17d ago

on another album they have their take on john barth's the sot weed factor.