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Friday, July 01, 2005

Norman Mailer 




Norman Mailer, somewhere in medialand, spat at NYT editor Michiko Kakutani by describing her as a "threefer": a person who is untouchable on 3 counts in accordance with PC rules. Firstly, as a person of non-Anglo-Saxon minority ethnicity; secondly, as a feminist; thirdly, "Oh, what was the third?" queried Mailer aloud, "Let's just call her a twofer then."