drives main mystery in Inherent Vice
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The Golden Fang is a shadowy, possibly fictional criminal organization in Thomas Pynchon’s novel (and its film adaptation) "Inherent Vice," around which much of the plot’s conspiracy and paranoia revolves.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| drives main mystery in Inherent Vice canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional criminal organization
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fictional entity ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | 2014 film Inherent Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
film Inherent Vice
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novel Inherent Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
corruption
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drug trafficking ⓘ organized crime ⓘ paranoia ⓘ real-estate schemes ⓘ shadowy conspiracies ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | novel Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| connectedToTheme |
conspiracy
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decline of the 1960s idealism ⓘ drug culture ⓘ paranoia ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Pynchon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drives | main mystery in Inherent Vice ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Paul Thomas Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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noir fiction ⓘ postmodern fiction ⓘ |
| hasAmbiguousRealityStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasRole | central conspiracy in Inherent Vice ⓘ |
| linkedToCharacter |
Bigfoot Bjornsen
NERFINISHED
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Coy Harlingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Doc Sportello NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Wolfmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Shasta Fay Hepworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
film adaptation
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literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
symbol of systemic corruption
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unifying thread for multiple subplots ⓘ |
| opposesCharacter | Larry Doc Sportello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possiblyFictionalWithinWork | true ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Los Angeles area
NERFINISHED
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Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corporate and state collusion
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interlocking networks of power ⓘ the dark side of the counterculture ⓘ |
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