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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I know that, and you know that, and Sidd knows that. But as a Thomas Pynchon fan, I believe it's important to judge a work on its own terms, and not on the basis of the author's life.
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I was responding to the last sentence of your post. Yes, it would be hard for Eastwood to allow for any doubt as to the heroism and nobility of even the most flawed of our veterans. Witness, as in Gran Torino, when he commits suicide by gangster. The vet will never be ambivalent in a Clint Eastwood film. Remember, this is the man who addressed an empty chair at the GOP convention.
