David Foster Wallace: Narcissism of Self-Hatred

Imagine, though, if she called you up late at night and talked to you for two hours and it was mostly apologizing for bothering you. So that it’s just one more layer of frosting. Which is just something that goes along with kind of a depressive temperament. So, there’s a lot of narcissism in self-hatred.

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Cold Turkey (1971)

A giant tobacco company offers the small town of Eagle Rock, Iowa $25M if all 4,006 residents can give up smoking for 30 days. With that kind of premise, you already know that Cold Turkey is going to be a super-broad satire movie, one that you really have to be in the mood to watch.… Continue reading Cold Turkey (1971)

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Lola DeWitt: Talman Party Member and Walking Disaster

Lola DeWitt and Mother at Trial

One of the less savory aspects of the William Talman raid in 1960 was one of the members of the party: Lola DeWitt. On March 12, 1960, TV show Perry Mason actor William Talman was arrested in West Hollywood, along with seven others, on narcotics charges after officers found marijuana. Besides Talman, we have his… Continue reading Lola DeWitt: Talman Party Member and Walking Disaster

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