'Forrest Gump’ Author Swings Back at NY Times

NewsMax ^ | 5/24/05 | Carl Limbacher

[Borges]

No actually I don't. :-)

[Plutarch]

One can get a flavor of Ms. Cohen’s searching geopolitical analysis in her November 21 review of THE TRAGEDY OF GREAT POWER POLITICS

…One can just imagine him sadly shaking his head at President Bill Clinton's attempt to create a cooperative world order among open societies and open markets.

So that is what President Clinton was doing for eight years! And we thought he was just chasing skirt and campaign contributions.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Author Winston Groom tells NewsMax that the Times is trashing his latest book, "1942: The Year That Tried Men’s Souls” because it’s simply too pro-American."

Oh, the Horor!

Now, if this book were pro-Abortion, pro-Womyn's Rites, pro-Euthanasia, pro-Gay, pro-Wiccan he'd have himself a Best Seller! /sarcasm

I'll be buying it.

[SkyPilot]

I'll see if I can find the transcript for you. There was a writer for National Review that wrote about it. I read it back when I used to have a subscription to the Conservative Chronicle.

In any case, I love Forrest Gump, and I think it was the best movie of the 1990's. Tom Hanks, despite his politics, is a terrific actor and seems like a decent human being off camera as well.

[Borges]

I believe you. What I recall is that they were being criticized from the Left because Newt Gingrich mentioned he liked the movie. This was at a time when Newt was the Left's Anti-Christ. I hear the novel was more satiric though.

[kcvl]

Cohen joined the staff of the New York Times in August 1997. As the ideas editor, she created and launched the new weekly Arts & Ideas section, which focuses on intellectual life and ideas.

Previously, Cohen was the political editor and features editor for the Style section of The Washington Post, and earlier she was the senior features editor at Rolling Stone. As the political editor for New York Newsday, Cohen covered the federal courts for her columns. She also served on the editorial board of Newsday.

Patricia Cohen will interview the comedic actress, Whoopi Goldberg.

[SkyPilot]

What I recall is that they were being criticized from the Left because Newt Gingrich mentioned he liked the movie.

Ha! I remember that now.

I never read the whole novel, now I want to.

[nonliberal]

old Gray Lady.

Old Crack Whore is better.

[omni-scientist]

No doubt about it, I am putting this book on my must-read list. It'll fit nicely on the bookshelf next to "Flags of Our Fathers".

[latina4dubya]

Forrest Gump will be the movie that in 20 years people will be looking at the Academy Awards and scratching their heads and saying "WHAT were they THINKING?"

well, if i remember correctly, that year it was either Forrest Gump or Pulp Fiction... while i'd rather it be Forrest over Pulp, i know--and i remember back then--there was great debate over which movie was better...

i cannot remember which other movies came out that year... i think Shawshank Redemption and maybe Four Weddings and a Funeral... and maybe Wyatt Earp... i probably enjoyed Muriel's Wedding most of all...

[kas2591]

I've read a couple of Groom's books:
'Better Times Than These' is a very good fictional account based on Groom's vietnam service.

'Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War'

I thought this was well written and balanced in point of view; more than I could say about anyone that writes for the Times.

'Forrest Gump' as a book was ok, as a movie it stunk (one big group hug).

[stands2reason]

Exactly. WWII wasn't an "academic exercise" for Americans.

[dpa5923]

Read the book. It was hillarious and much better than the movie. The book didn't really have a conservative or liberal bent to it, it was just fun reading. One of the funniest, if not the funniest books I have ever read.

[stands2reason]

I love Gary.

His Texas accent is so amazing that he fooled me, FAIAP a native, into thinking he's one of ours. Imagine my dismay at learning he's from Illinois. :-(

(FAIAP -for all intents etc)

[redrock]

Liberals hate America. That hate makes them feel warm and comfortable....and makes them feel superior to everyone else.

Any (ANY) book or writing that tells the truth....that we are a pretty decent people...will get bad reviews. Otherwise Liberals will have to look at the truth....and it is something they can't bear to think about.

Groom is a n excellent writer...and on the 'recomendation of the N.Y.Times'....I'm going to buy a copy.

redrock

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

I'll have to buy this book. The Slimes is an excellent contrarian indicator of quality and taste.

[Petronski]

NYT hates America. No one should be surprised anymore.

[Southack]

Bump for tomorrow...

[Kryptonite]

In any case, I love Forrest Gump, and I think it was the best movie of the 1990's.

I watched it in a theater with a group of my in-laws, and when I walked out, I said it was the best movie I had ever seen. Time makes me think it was the best movie of the 90s. Still, one of the all-time best films IMO.