Hitchens in Conversation with Salman Rushdie at the 92nd Street Y

June 12, 2010

Only a short clip from the conversation. This is embedded from the 92nd Street Y Channel. Why not right-click, watch it on YouTube and post a comment to ask them to upload the rest of the event. I did it already.

Posted by Tom at 11:02

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7 comments:

Steve H said...
June 12, 2010 at 4:58 PM  

"His sail was so raised as to be ballooned by any wind of bullshit that came by."

Wondetful.

 
Anonymous said...
June 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM  

hitch looks in terrible shape in this video. can only think it must have been a very hard drinking night the day before. such a difference from just a few years ago. see for example the hitchens tharoor debate in 2006, only 4 years ago. he has gone really down hill. wish he would preserve himself better so we all can enjoy and learn from him longer...

 
J.Kelbs said...
June 13, 2010 at 6:41 AM  

Hey did you see his video on Fora.tv.

http://fora.tv/2010/06/04/Christopher_Hitchens_Some_Confessions_and_Contradictions

 
Anonymous said...
June 13, 2010 at 7:13 AM  

>""His sail was so raised as to be ballooned by any wind of bullshit that came by."

Wondetful."

...until you realize that the great Hitch has descended into a mixed metaphor. The concept of being propelled by shit is a comical one, on the bright side.

 
Anonymous said...
June 13, 2010 at 7:19 AM  

who's dorothea, btw?

 
Anonymous said...
June 14, 2010 at 6:28 AM  

I assume Eliot's heroine from Middlemarch.

 
Anonymous said...
August 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM  

We now know from his Vanity Fair piece that he had earlier in the day had emergency treatment and vomitted before coming on stage. Poor guy looks it.

 

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