[Zionist Conspirator]

There are worse writers. Burr and Creation were entertaining, but after you've read a few, you've read them all. You know that expat homo malcontent is 80 now. He's moving to Hollywood to enjoy what sycophantism is left for him in his last years.

Interestingly, while "gay"-dom and the litterati are traditionally leftwing, there is the example of Tennessee Williams (who was both) but who, so far as I know, was not terribly political, at least publicly. How does one explain that?

[cloud8]

> ...Tennessee Williams [a traditionally leftwing "gay" writer...] who, so far as I know, was not terribly political, at least publicly. How does one explain that?

Yes, and think of all those commies "persecuted" by the HUAC. Vidal has this aristocratic leftwing homo vision of himself, which has no place in this country, so he had to go into exile in Rome. Williams was free to be himself and practice his art in New Orleans, a place with exceptions to the rules. Vidal's princess persona would have had too much competition there.

[Blind Eye Jones]

"Interestingly, while "gay"-dom and the litterati are traditionally leftwing, there is the example of Tennessee Williams (who was both) but who, so far as I know, was not terribly political, at least publicly. How does one explain that?"


I think that politics wasn't that interesting to Williams who had a greater love for individuals and their tragic situations. I don't even think his "gayness" shows through his writing or in anything converted from the stage to film. He seemed to be the apolitical poet with longings that didn't fit into an established order but which never led him to the conclusion that the solution is something political in nature. In fact, he transcends the modern or postmodern politically charged hetero vs homo categories and looks at universal character types and their dilemmas within life. If anything, human solutions would border more on religious sympathies than anything political. The true poet is always on the outside of social norms and you just can't legislate something that makes him "normal."

[SpringheelJack]

Interestingly, while "gay"-dom and the litterati are traditionally leftwing, there is the example of Tennessee Williams (who was both) but who, so far as I know, was not terribly political, at least publicly. How does one explain that?

You don't need to be straight to just not care.