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 Gatochy rated 11 months ago - Thanks, Soaressilva.
"It was here that Vidal made some nice remarks about Mailer's writing and how like the Phoenix he re-bears himself in ever fresh manifestations.
What happened next should play out for you uninterrupted.
Mailer: You seem to have figured out that the next reincarn...
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- Gatochy rated 11 months ago
- Thanks, Soaressilva.
"It was here that Vidal made some nice remarks about Mailer's writing and how like the Phoenix he re-bears himself in ever fresh manifestations.
What happened next should play out for you uninterrupted.
Mailer: You seem to have figured out that the next reincarnation for me is going to be Charles Manson.
Vidal: Well, you left yourself --
Mailer: Why don't you read what you wrote?
Vidal: You let yourself in for it, and I will tell you -- I'll give you a little background here -- that Mailer has --
Mailer: We all know that I stabbed my wife years ago, we do know that, Gore. You were playing on that.
Vidal: Let's just forget about it.
Mailer: You don't want to forget about it. You're a liar and a hypocrite. You were playing on it.
Vidal: But that wasn't a lie or a hypocrisy.
Mailer: People who read The New York Review of Books know perfectly well -- they know all about it, and it's your subtle little way of doing it...
Vidal: Oh, I'm beginning to see what bothers you now. I'm getting the point.
Mailer: Are you ready to apologize?
Vidal: I would apologize if -- if it hurts your feelings, of course."
Gore, will you marry me?
- wixter rated 11 months ago
- Ok, so we'll do just a little more Norman Mailer. Dick Cavett recounts a Norman Mailer appearance on his on his 1969-1974 talk show that led to wit and very nearly fisticuffs. Another guest, Gore Vidal, had just written an uncomplimentary article about Mailer in The New York Review of Books. "(In brief, he'd said that Henry Miller, Norman Mailer and Charles Manson -- '3M for short' -- represented 'a continuum in the brutal and violent treatment of women.')". Worth a read, whether you like Mailer or not.
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