Norman Mailer - Oh My America (Part 1 Farewell To The Fifties)

Norman Mailer Oh My America Documentary (BBC Version).
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[@RichardKoenigsberg]

One of the greatest writers of the 20th Century.

[@rustycalvera977]

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

[@fredbazoo]

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

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

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

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

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

[@name_unknown444]

Especially the "corporation" part.

[@rustycalvera977]

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

[@danremenyi1179]

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

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Americans don’t read anymore like they used to. And even when they used to it was a slim minority.

[@superfuzzymomma]

just Brilliant! - Thanks so much!

[@thoban1724]

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

[@46metube]

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

[@circlesinthenight3141]

Thank you

[@epictrader66]

Excellent

[@alexisp696]

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.

[@tomislavjovan2280]

Alexis, I find the archetype that Oswald embodied during his era to have resurfaced again much earlier than the attacks of Sunni Muslim extremists in 2001. If one looks at the mass shootings of the 1990s (columbine primarily) and schizophrenic scenes of hinckley, for example : he or she becomes aware with extensive psychological study/speculation with regards to the boy's lonely, seemingly unimportant existence and even less dense story behind Reagan's gunman. The people guilty of most terrorist attacks, whether it be unpolitical youth, Sunni fundamentalists, Communists, Anarchists, or even rebellious black groups such as the Black Panthers were naturally taking the advantage of the national news system. We still tinker within the aforementioned possibilities since the middle of the last century. We must be made aware of the news within its tabloid-based draw towards those small men, crying out upon their death's bed.

[@lengasparini2918]

I will now read his biography.

[@tomislavjovan2280]

Len, that I have and if it's "a double life" then I reccomend it based upon the biographical density. I reccomend Mailer not here upon his own merits (Though Im a fan.) I reccomend his bio basically upon its expansiveness and ability to explain the bipolar subtleties found within Mailer's public personas.

[@tomislavjovan2280]

2 years too late. Hehe.

[@MrUndersolo]

I have read one of them. Hope you like the ride.

[@m.clayton79]

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

[@nathanielgrant3909]

quite possibly the last American man

[@rustycalvera977]

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 ...

[@brachio1000]

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

[@MrUndersolo]

Accurate.

[@lsobrien]

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

[@lsobrien]

Jason Storey Doesn't change the fact JFK initiated it. Stop being obtuse.

[@lsobrien]

Jason Storey "Quit looking for an argument." Says the guy (or goat) who looks at my comment and says, "yes, that's right, and I'm going to say so in the middle of contradicting myself with two BS claims, themselves incompatible." What a bore.

[@lsobrien]

Jason Storey How could LJB both end the Vietnam War (which he didn't) and escalate it? "LBJ finished what JFK started... and escalated it"

[@lsobrien]

Jason Storey Why are you doing this? It's just cringe-worthy. It's obvious your -comical- insults are nothing more than a thin cover for your complete lack of knowledge. (You really thought LBJ ended the Vietnam War - I mean, _really_.) Come back when you're up to the task.

[@lsobrien]

Jason Storey Those peace talks were completely scuttled by the Nixon campaign. They urged the South Vietnamese to pull out - which they did - covertly and unconstitutionally promising them total victory through total war with a Nixon/Kissinger White House. And under that subsequent regime, almost as many bombs were dropped on that poor, beleaguered Indochinese country (and its neighbours) than Europe suffered during the entirety of WWII. Perhaps you need to broaden your reading over more than a few glimpses of Wikipedia, just now? (Frankly, how dare you comment on the Vietnam War when you believe LBJ ended it?) Now stop bothering me, you cretinous goat.

[@GuerreSeigneur]

...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.

[@DenianArcoleo]

that's profound.

[@tomislavjovan2280]

An ironic truth. But, honest eh?

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

Always a stupid, ignorant comment to found things off.