Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal movie plot
2022-10-08 16:31
On a television debate program in the United States in 1968, two well-known public intellectuals, Gore Vidal and William F. Barkley, expressed their opinions on current social issues. This game of winning and losing in a head-to-head showdown defines the so-called The public discourse in the media, this kind of spectacle-style argument replaces the actual content, which is a huge impact on the modern media. The two speculators and the spiritually rich are arguing about "how does television affect the way people discuss politics in a democratic society in the 21st century"
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Extended Reading
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal quotes
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Richard Wald: ABC was the third of the three networks. It would've been fourth, but there were only three.
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William F. Buckley: [to Vidal] Now, listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi, or I'll sock you in the goddamn face and you'll stay plastered.