Gore Vidal points out quickly the way the modern person demarcates sexuality and why it differs from the Romans' view of the body, corporeal acts, and sexual expressions.
A most interesting clip from the Real Time with Bill Maher. I will be looking at a few Gore Vidal essays soon.
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'isn't that a banking term? we mustn't let these things creep into the language.'
I laughed so hard. This was last night, right?
His one-liners are the funniest. Real Time was good last night!
thx
My favorite bit was when he cracked a joke about 'cosigners' ... I'd like to read more from him. Bill Maher looked intimidated by Vidal.
My god, he's funny! I need to hear more from him.
Friday's show was good. I wish he had talked longer to Vidal and about more substantial issues.
OMG! I need to get my Vidal books out.... And Bill does look intimidated.
Maher's double standards ammuse me. His bewildered at making a distinction between homosexual identity and a homosexual act, yet he lives a culture in which that distinction is generally accepted for women.
-Right, he is funny. But most importantly, he has an impressive body of work.
-Brokennarcissist, I agree with your point. I make it a 'point' to watch Real Time consistently and I have also noticed some double standard-mess in his rhetoric. I suppose, first and foremost, Maher is an entertainer. He's a comic after all. I have noticed some measure of sexism in some of his linguistic choices and even some lack of comfort with homosciality. But what I appreciate about him is his apparent desire to, at least, tackle topics that seem to make him uncomfortable.
I meant to write standard-ness, but the 'slip' is making me chuckle as I write this. :)
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