The Crying of Lot 49: Chapter 2
Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
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The Importance of Being a Child Actor
There are almost no answers that Metzger gives Adepa he gives yes and no answers to stuff about the movie. I only really believe that he was a child actor because specifically he comes into the bathroom with Edna Pafaland on the ground and says something in his baby Igor voice. There is a trope which has been used extensively since the 60s of the child actor growing up and wanting to reprise like somehow believing that he is one of the roles he played. The most recent example of that I can think of is Steven Yun in no last year.
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