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Mummy Wrap
The Spectator interviews Tom Wolfe.
(Page 8 of 10)
TAS: You have said that in some respects film does
what the realistic novel used to do. Does I Am Charlotte
Simmons lend itself to a movie?
br>
Tom Wolfe:
I think it will. There has not been to
my knowledge any serious movie about college life. There have been
some good comedies about college life,
Animal House
being
one of them and it is still watched religiously by college
students. And
Old School
is a wonderful comedy of college
life.
/p>
p>
TAS: Your novel is serious and satirical.
br>
Tom Wolfe:
I didn’t consciously make it satirical.
In fact I have never consciously made any of these novels
satirical. But how can I write about reality today without
describing the foibles of mankind?
/p>
About the Author
George Neumayr, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is co-author, with Phyllis Schlafly, of the new book, No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom.
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