Interesting. I wasn't aware of DFW's Sierpinski reference, but I'm not surprised given his fondness for syntactical and mathematical geekery. Though I haven't much analyzed it, I've always sensed some sort of spiritual kinship between Synecdoche and DFW's fiction. They both seem hideously, horrifically aware of the…

I agree with MoSam's take. Criticizing Synecdoche for its solipsism always seemed a little lazy to me, a bit of a critical write-off. It's exhaustively and excruciatingly self-investigative, sure, but it's also suspicious of its own tendency to turn inward. It characterizes solipsism, our skewed senses of centrality,…