>>7284938I think people generally deride post-modernism as shallow. People like Pynchon actively go against that stereotype by including a number of huge themes and plots in their works. When someone like Pynchon lessens that, in his "lite" works, the shitposters and reading community are more likely to fling those claims; especially towards an author whose writing is quite obtuse and deals with a lot of petty pop-culture soundbites. Not to say, that's a wrong method at all, just an opinion people might hold.
Why did people change their mind? Maybe they read it more closely, maybe they really enjoyed the film (I did), I don't know. Perhaps they haven't. Are you talking about /lit/?
