We will not see the likes of Mailer again. What a smart, profoundly articulate man. And conveyed the truth so directly.

Profound understanding of the "American way of life.":

One of the greatest writers of the 20th Century.

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Wow!

Mailer was a man's man. Did you know, he went toe-to-toe with Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan gracefully wiped the floor with him. Mailer hung in there for the beating, did it with style and gratitude. Few, very few have gone the rounds with McLuhan. I'd like to think McLuhan respected him for it. For that reason, reason enough, I put Mailer on The Mantel of Brave and Courageous. The Summer Way with Norman Mailer - Marshall McLuhan 1968 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqXVe6Gqlrmfn8U The Mantel of Brave and Courageous by Patrick McCormack (Pending authorship and publication, stay tuned.) "Life is too short to not be cool." - Grandpa "Life is too long if too hot." - Grandson "Careful as we will, careful as we go." - Grandpa My Star - Ian Brown kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2GUapKYnJmojck

I like Mailer. He talks in straight lines. Though sometimes so straight, it contorts and derails him.

quite possibly the last American man

I like to dance all night!

I saw this in 2k on a blknwht tv. It changed me.

I'm more pissed than Norman, well, he's dead so of course I'm more pissed. I still love him.

What a pity this has been viewed by so few people!

Stupid. Classic stuff that ruined by attempt to enhance.

Norman Mailer -- always brilliant, always full of crap.

Terrible analysis of Kennedy,who was an amazing man and wonderful,brave President, who was killed by the power structure he threatened. He was a giant and Mailer is a minor anecdote in American history. He is plainly dumb regarding the murder of Kennedy.

Every war the USA and allied powers have fought since 1945 has been shameful and unnecessary, and has led to the world now being almost beyond redemption. Pollution, inequality, warfare, political paralysis, overconsumption, nuclear weapons - these are problems that, even taken individually, are extremely difficult to deal with. With the power concentrated in the hands of those with the least motivation to solve these problems, we cannot - short of some kind of revolution which can take power back from the crooks who have squandered all the potential of the world.

The USSR never wanted to destroy America, never wanted to invade Western Europe - they ended up being the scapegoat for the post-WWII era because they decided that having paid the biggest price for the war they should now transform the society into a more equal one. This was too big a challenge to the capitalist powers. Also, the false conclusion that war could be profitable for a whole nation, when wars are always costly - the price must be paid sometime - meant that it was decided to keep on fighting, regardless of whether the other side wanted to or not.

Reagan represented the end of any intelligent political discourse in the USA - he was an actor who represented the will of the masses in the US to pretend their way to greatness. Beating up on tiny countries was characterised as a way of "healing" America - at the expense of those little countries, without any moral reckoning or acknowledgement of the unnecessary injustice of the Vietnam. It was America who needed healing, not the countries which had been bombed and destroyed because they refused to be beaten by the enormous military power of the USA. Little has changed since - apparently the little wars were insufficient to "heal", hence Iraq, and all the others since. The kind of dialogue and self-reflection in the USA's public arena in the 60's and 70's are but a sad memory.

The pigs who really run the USA would never have allowed RFK or MLK to run for the presidency, for the simple reason that they couldn't be bought or controlled. Tragically, the USA has been spoiled again and again by these pigs - can you imagine a greater presidency than Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King? Daley wouldn't even let Gene McCarthy be nominated let alone two men they considered effectively communist. Instead the world had to endure LBJ, Nixon, Ford... Carter was a brief respite, but he was brought under control pretty quickly, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Trump. None of these men were even close to the stature of the Kennedys or MLK. Or even Gene McCarthy, really.

Even though Mailer refers to Oswald as the one who "did this" to America (which clearly he did not, or at least not knowingly), the image of Oswald, the famous first case of the "lone nut" who somehow pulls off an amazing feat for no apparent reason, with no assistance whatsoever, does haunt the US - because the cover-up was so shoddy and yet so total, many people couldn't help but feel there were real powers behind the US government who would kill anyone who got in the way, even the president. The same thing was repeated on 9/11 - another bunch of "nuts" pulling off a spectacular feat, despite the overwhelming power and security of the USA, and then the inevitable commission which is farcical, but unquestionable. So now, the American people are shown that even thousands of civilians are able to be killed off to give the US Empire an adrenaline shot in the hopes of total world domination. No question that the fabled "American Dream" died when it became clear that Kennedy was killed by his own countrymen for reasons of mere power and greed.

Cancer is the earth's answer to humanity's use of nuclear power.

How could anyone resist that Ike commercial? Charming. Ike gave the USA cold war with a genial smile. The reds didn't stand a chance... After Ike, though -being beaten by Kennedy made Nixon into the twisted bastard he became, before that he was just a political hustler with no morals whatsoever. LBJ got the program back on track after they took care of Kennedy, who was definitely out of place. The deep state's growing power by this point meant that killing off a president was not considered a step too far in order to keep the war machine growing. Looking back at footage of the political figures of that era, Kennedy seems like the only one who doesn't come across as a bent warmongering pig. He was no saint, but he certainly would have made the modern USA a very different country - for the better, I think. After him, only Gene McCarthy comes across as a decent man, as well as Bobby of course. It's hard to imagine either Kennedy or McCarthy ordering thugs to beat up protesters.

Thank you

chirruping birds = from cirrus minor song from the Floyd soundtrack More ; )

Mac Henry is a mad man.

Oh dear, what a disappointment, [Mailer's pro war sentiments] to his normally sane motives ! His flippant, poorly reasoned comment that we need 'small, controlled wars' [NOW we have them!] , almost casually relegating them [suggestively] to gladiatorial 'entertainment'. A brilliant man...his life a contradiction punctuated and blemished by, occasional lapses of insanity.

Just one thing: JFK led us (or the US) into Vietnam, not LBJ.

beneath mailers passionate desire to change America's ills is mailers passionate desire to be loved.

Mailer's remarkable insight, gets right into the psyche like no one I can think of....absolute genius

you've got three seconds to cover and duck...but if you are in your car and can't stop in time....don't worry, the glass in the car is safety glass and will filter out the UV rays from the Hydrogen bomb that just went off down the road ...

This is, er, in fact, Mr Rusty.

I will now read his biography.

What a unique personality. No one in public life like him today--not even close. Brilliant and original and courageous...and an American

just Brilliant! - Thanks so much!

hahahahahahaha! Awesome!

...I didn't like his face, and if I don't like somebody's face then I probably don't like what they're up to.

Excellent

Mr. Mailer was one of the largest and greatest minds ever to manifest in human form on this planet. While it is indeed a shame that we cannot read his descriptions of the next world until we ourselves cross into it, I believe we can rest assured that he is there, he did make it and he has been writing about it. In the meantime we have THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON.

thanks for the upload.

I'm sure glad a nuclear bomb will allow you three seconds to protect yourself with your forearm / elbow.

Such an interesting and fascinating man. He is truly missed today........

It is almost impossible to believe Mr Mailor is dead, his words are so alive when he speaks them. Shame he would never get to write his greatest SA ever; 'My first days of being in the Afterlife'. Mr Mailer would probably be the only writer who could describe the experiences of being on the 'other side of the Grave'.

pigs were BEATING on those kids

a nice walk through history with someone informed and brilliant, he's also a patriot it's clear that he gives a damn.

ha ha...splendid fun!