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10 Nov 07 - 06:09 PM (#2190769) Subject: Obit: Norman Mailer From: number 6 He will be missed. biLL |
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10 Nov 07 - 11:04 PM (#2190916) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer From: Ebbie They have often said that women didn't like Norman Mailer. For the record, here is one who did. I liked his honesty, his search for what he believed to be truth. Aw |
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11 Nov 07 - 12:43 AM (#2190946) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: catspaw49 Love him or hate him, doesn't matter. He had a part to play in the 20th century and he played it well. I don't think it is in his nature to rest in peace......... Spaw |
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11 Nov 07 - 12:52 AM (#2190950) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: Ebbie I think you're right, Spaw. Very soon he will be busy writing an expose! |
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11 Nov 07 - 07:27 AM (#2191070) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: bobad The obit linked by Ebbie states that Mailer invented the word "fug" in 1948 which I have always believed to be the case but according to the Urban Dictionary it was used by Steinbeck in 1945: "Doc, that's a fuggin' lie," Mac said. -- John Steinbeck, "Cannery Row" (1945) The actress Tallulah Bankhead claimed she met Mailer at a party and said, "So, you're the guy who doesn't know how to spell fuck." (The story is sometimes told with Dorothy Parker as the speaker.) Mailer told an interviewer he never met Tallulah Bankhead, and in any case he knew how to spell four-letter words--the euphemism was used in order not to offend the sensibilities of readers in 1947. In any case, you had a fuggin' good ride on the spaceship earth, Norman - RIP. |
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11 Nov 07 - 07:28 AM (#2191071) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: gnu Well, and missed, indeed. |
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11 Nov 07 - 12:30 PM (#2191255) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: number 6 Thanks for that tidbit of info bobad ... being an old fan of the Fugs from way back I found it interesting. gnu ... he will be missed, the world needs more guys like Mailer. We were down on Cape Cod this past October ... just had to drive up to P. Town to see his house. biLL |
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11 Nov 07 - 12:58 PM (#2191273) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: Donuel A great and significant atheist. If only he had found Jesus, his mind could have been closed, clouded and freed by a single book. Then he would have never written at all. |
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11 Nov 07 - 02:33 PM (#2191341) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: fat B****rd I particularly enjoyd "The Executioner's Song" "Toughh Guys Don't Dance" and "The Fight" RIP Mr. M. |
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11 Nov 07 - 02:46 PM (#2191355) Subject: RE: Obit: Norman Mailer (Nov 2007) From: bubblyrat Saw an interview, from some years back, with him on British TV, screened today, November 11th, and was once again impressed by his appreciation of all things aesthetic and beautiful.We shall not see his like again.Safe Journey to Wherever, Norman ....RIP. |