Town Bloody Hall

I kveld kan vi se Town Bloody Hall på SVT. Det er en dokumentarfilm av D A Pennebaker fra 1979 som viser en legendarisk debatt der Norman Mailer skal forestille ordstyrer og Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Diana Trilling og Jacqueline Ceballos diskuterer feminisme. Blant publikum er Betty Friedan og Susan Sontag. De angriper Mailer

"Jill Johnston was a member of a 1971 New York City panel produced by Shirley Broughton as part of the "Theater for Ideas" series.

The event was a vigorous debate on feminism with Norman Mailer, author; Germaine Greer, author; Diana Trilling, literary critic; and Jacqueline Ceballos, National Organization for Women president.

The event was a showdown of intellect and personality. While Johnston read a poem culminating in on-stage lesbian sex (simulated and fully dressed) followed by a quick exit, Greer and Mailer continued to exchange verbal blows with each other and the audience for the rest of the 3 1/2 hour event."

"Town Bloody Hall captures New York intellectual life at a distinct moment - the arrival of feminism.

DA Pennebaker was there to record the splendid debate in the old Town Hall where the grizzled lion Norman Mailer confronted a great number of amused, or angry feminist sisters, all the while pretending to be the impartial moderator.


I kveld 20.00 med svensk diskusjon i tillegg. Hva betyr dette for meg uten tv, fant ikke ut faktisk, håper det dukker opp et play-vindu etter hvert.

I den svenske diskusjonen deltar Kajsa Borgnäs, Anna Wahl,
Athena Farrokhzad og Gudrun Schyman.