Re: Dubya does Delhi: will the chimps make rude noises?

John Lacny wrote:

That said, I find it disconcerting that she is singled out for contempt when there are plenty of other talented writers with shallow left politics (Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer come to mind) who aren’t held to such a high standard.

As if by fate, this profound exercise in comparative listmaking just in from Mailer, in the current issue of The Nation. No-Cal?

Doug


The Nation - March 13, 2006

The March of Progress NORMAN MAILER

This list is, of course, open to debate. A hundred, if not a thousand, couplings could be offered in their place. I will say that the last two pairings are quintessential to the premise behind these categories. Originally, they were first on the list.

MODERN                   POSTMODERN

steel                    plastic
Picasso                  Warhol
Pullman & Coach          First Class & Economy
romance                  narcissism
pot roast                vegan
FDR                      GWB
Hitler                   Hussein
Churchill                Blair
Zionism                  Israel
USSR                     People's Republic of China
consumption              cancer
Gone With the Wind       The DaVinci Code
drought                  flood
blizzard                 global warming
steak                    salad
beer                     lite beer
dessert                  No-Cal
tycoons                  CEOs
typewriters              PCs
Off-Broadway             Off-Off-Broadway
bebop                    rap
shoes                    sneakers
library                  Internet
epistles                 blogs
Gallo                    Pinot Noir
bourbon                  single malt
the Depression           the 1990s
corner stores            malls
Sinatra                  Eminem
farming                  agribusiness
slums                    projects
highways                 superhighways
Sears, Roebuck           Wal-Mart
antiseptics              antibiotics
heart attacks            bypasses
concentration            fragmentation
war                      terrorism

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