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definitely made the depressing last night studying of this story a little less bleak😭

Bro I'm having finals and we have to write about the yellow wallpaper for a finals and this is hilarious

Love your channel ❤

Mr Vidal was endearing, infuriating, personable, detestable, loyal, and traitorous. And how we loved him for it!

Thank you for this. It was very Informative.

Literally me and my mom😂😂😂

Thought provoking

Absolutely wonderful...Thanks for making it..

Good work!

There is only one God, who became a man named Jesus, died on the cross for our sins, and rose from the dead. He wants a relationship with you. Repent of sin, for He is the truth and the only way❤️✝️.

Remind me. Is this vid about Gore Vidal, or about you? Cause you're on the screen more than he is.

Boring. And sentimental.

I didn't even bother to watch this video because only a 100% MORON would think that he can tell me Everything that I need to know about Gore Vidal in less than 10 mintes. You are either STUPID or you think that I'm STUPID. Which is it ? A or B ? 😮

This was brilliant, cheers!

This is a beautiful discovery today :)

Wow!! Clean shaven has always been and will always be better looking and more sanitary. Super intelligent and exquisitely soothing narrative voice too which just goes along with the assessment; icing on the cake!👍👍

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I don't like reading biographies of my literary heroes. I would rather remain blissfully ignorant of their faults. Besides, I read both volumes of Vidal's autobiography and he exposed himself quite enough in those.

I don't like reading biographies of my literary heroes. I would rather remain blissfully ignorant of their faults. Besides, I read both volumes of Vidal's autobiography and he exposed himself quite enough in those.

Nice!!

great work, you and your team are so important today, what l took for granted, books & great interviews. peeps dont seem to want to think, appreciate good wit or irony. Me, l blame reality tv cheers all 🏃🏌️🚶🚴🤸

great work big thank you

One of the last true Romans.

Thank you for sharing your insight.

It would be great fun to hear Hitchen's reaction to Jordan Peterson's silliness.

I love this 😂

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Enjoyed this review a lot. Well done

Great content, I agree with everything you’ve said, and you’ve been very even handed and not reactionary. A rare and wonderful thing in this current world. I can’t wait until your production values improve with better quality microphone, a bookshelf behind you that goes all the way to the ceiling (ikea has some nice affordable options) etc. it will make the medicine go down much easier and more pleasantly, and you’ll find that the people start flocking to your channel. ❤

Excellent, thanks. But music is way too loud and distracting...ironic considering the nature of the poems

It took me years to get around to reading The Satanic Verses. I thought it would be obtuse. My first Rushdie book was Quichotte and I was impressed. I figured I'd just get it over with and read The Satanic Verses, but from the first page I was enchanted... he really is a great storyteller. The book is really about trying to fit in to society, finding your place in the world, wrestling with different versions of yourself, those kinds of things. It is an entertaining yarn and people should actually read it. It's one of my favourite books I've ever read.

I don't think anyone is afraid of salman Rushdie. Salman Rushdie will be stroking his own rod while thinking about his own body, if he assumes that anyone is afraid of him. On contrary and objectively, it is Salman Rushdie, who is afraid of those other people. To begin with, I don't think his books are that great on their literary merit. (And I have read all of them).His ascent to herosim, is more because of the political implications of his life journey rather than his literary merit and how well it fits into liberal-secular propaganda of the west. Secondly, it is not his challenges to orthodoxy of religion that bought attacks on him, infact he doesn't do that directly. And his critique of religion, as much as there is, is not something that hasn't been presented before in the history of islam, and its polemical critiques go back to its origin, both within and from outside. To put it simply, I don't think anyone is afraid of him, angry: Yes, offended by him:yes . Now I don't think being offended by someone or being angry at someone is same as being afraid of someone. And he did offend sensibilities of one-fourth of world population by using crass and abhorant language for symbols held sacred, holy and divine. I would consider him too naieve for his own bad, if he didn't know he was offending one-fouth of world population. NOW I DON'T THINK, WEST HAS A DIVINE RIGHT TO TELL THE WORLD WHAT SHOULD OFFEND THEM AND HOW MUCH IT SHOULD OFFEND THEM. Yes, somethings will sometimes get fatwa on your head. You should think about it before doing that thing. Lol. A joke deemed sexist or racist can make you loose your job and your reputation and everything you have achieved. But an abhorant and outright crass caricature of something held divine and holy IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Tell me more "Mr. divine right holding white man".

İ think İslam says it best i can't recall the exact quote by the prophet but it has this morning (one word in the right context can be more violent and result in more death than a thousand swords given to the most evil army) "The word İslam could be used to provoke death " "İts not about what you say but how you say it " "İts not about the the ideology/religion but what you and your audience think of the ideology/audience " "You can always find a group of criminals that go under an ideology/religion" "İf you are good enough at public speak you can say extreme ideas in the right way just like Hitler" "İts only those that look at facts not only listen to propaganda may understand an ideology"

I am reading Satanic Verses. Very wit and thought provoking. But I am sad to consider that, due to the presence of religion in western societies, the answer to censorship violence from Islam theocracies is astonishingly weak. I better response would be to order a copy of the book to every public library in response to the fatwa, or make the book readable for free, on every public school of mandatory in universities. In this way next time some theocracy thinks to close the mouth with fatwa will maybe consider that the consequences would be spread everywhere the words of the hated author.

Isalm... the answer is Islam.

My most recent experience taking in so delightful an essay came from the last time I picked "Arguably" off my shelf and absorbed something new from Hitchens himself. Really, thanks for a great essay. Midnight's Children, still resting on my desk from a recent read as I type, was absolutely lovely, and I read The Satanic Verses a couple of years ago. I'm very interested in picking up Knife when I get a chance, and very glad to see Rushdie back interviewing and seemingly well!

A great lecture

oh this is absolutely gorgeous

"An artist is a person who has invented an artist." There's definitely some truth to that.

The background music is completely unnecessary and gets in the way of the presenter. Would a lecturer have a music radio on next to them while teaching? Pretentious dialogue. I'm out.

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Wow!! A great looking guy who hasn’t covered up his beautiful features with a face diaper and attached mucus catcher (aka beard and mustache). So beautiful to see in this day of glorified laziness and slovenliness. Clean shaven is and always has been more sanitary and better looking!!🤷🏼‍♀️👍😇 Yes, you, Allen Guy Wilcox as well as Vidal in his day. Subscribed! I just discovered your channel. Arrived here from listening to a Christopher Hitchens interview where he said that Gore Vidal was the writer that most impressed him.

It’s been years since I read it, but I highly recommend “Redeeming Time” by Kenneth Paul Kramer.

Came here to learn a couple useful lines to use during a bookclub tomorrow, as i read it once, halfheartedly, and didnt think anything of it. Now, it will be difficult for me to express how deeply these poems have moved me. Thank you for an excellent analysis.

I love this so much 😂😂

and then the woman was me 😮😮😮

This is outstanding

😂😂😂 this is genius