https://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=ApikorosThomas Pynchon Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-06-04T07:04:29ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_20&diff=1305Chapter 202009-09-08T04:21:56Z<p>Apikoros: Reference to film Mildred Pierce</p>
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'''inherent vice'''<br><br />
[http://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Inherent_Vice_Title Here's] a good discussion of this phrase.<br />
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'''original sin'''<br><br />
a Christian doctrine that says everyone is born sinful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin].<br />
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'''that Ada whom I have never trusted since <i>A Summer Place</i>'''<br><br />
Not exactly the most meaningful reference, but the same actress - Constance Ford - played both Ada in the soap opera <i>Another World</i> and the unsympathetic character Helen in the movie <i>A Summer Place</i>.<br />
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'''like Easter Island in reverse'''<br><br />
A beautiful way to describe the surfers. Easter Island is a Pacific island famous for its human stone figures who were placed in a line on land, looking out over the ocean, as seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moai_Rano_raraku.jpg here].<br />
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'''Or what if they want Mildred to strangle Veda at the end, like she does in the book?'''<br><br />
Refers to the film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037913 Mildred Pierce], set in Southern California and much changed from the novel by James M. Cain.<br />
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'''You know what the Indians say. You saved my life, now you've got to-'''<br><br />
Recalls the bit in AtD between Scarsdale Vibe and Foley Walker: "You know what the Indians out west believe? That if you save the life of another, he becomes your responsibility forever" (p. 101). <br />
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