ex cathedra: Two men I'd love to have dinner with

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Two men I'd love to have dinner with

Victor Davis Hanson, of course.

And Andrew Klavan, novelist, screenwriter and culture observer. In an interview, he is asked about the nihilism and relativism pervading popular culture, all the "shows about nothing". He opines that you can't make a good story or a good movie based on those values. An example of his charm:

That's why the movies that the Left makes in Hollywood are so bad and why people are staying away from them in droves, unless they're French...

1 comment:

FineDiner said...: Two Men I'd Like to Have Dinner With:
Groucho Marx and Mr. exCathedra.
Together or separately.; 10:20 AM, March 06, 2012

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