Soap Operas

In class, we discussed how The Crying Of lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon might be a satire on the 1950’s women. The first thing that makes us notice this is when the author states that “came home from a Tupperware party” (Page 1). This is a type of party that women used to attend to in the mid XX century. As I continue reading the book, I start noticing the story getting boring in my opinion maybe I might not be getting what the author is saying. As Oedipa has an affair with the lawyer, Metzger, as the author says, “With a cry Oedipa rushed to him, fell on him, began kissing him to wake him up” (Page 29). I feel like watching a Colombian soap opera. All of them include at some point someone cheating and have dozens of scenes identical to this one with Metzger and Oedipa. I am sure that there is satire behind this, and will try to identify it.