Talk:The Naked and the Dead/Archive 1

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fug??

The euphemism "fug" was used already in Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" (1945).

Is it that big a deal that Norman Mailer used it too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.110.64 (talk) 02:27, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

A little deeper please

"The novel questions the competence and motives of high-ranking officers, as well as the integrity of each of the many men depicted. The men suffer physical hardship and even casualties, but there is little mourning or kindness. There is no mercy shown to the Japanese."

What is this? I won't try and explain why this book is more than just a simple but pointless character depiction, but it is! Can somone with a beating heart please do better! 192.198.151.37 (talk) 10:37, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Banned

It would probably be worth mentioning that the book was banned in Canada and Australia in 1949. http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned/index.cfm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.86.81.20 (talk) 01:17, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, very good point, for this reason I've added to the talk page {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 17:58, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

War Experience as a Cook

I've been trying to find just where Mailer got his experience for "The Naked and the Dead" but have only discovered that he was a cook. Did he make the whole book up? 50.202.81.2 (talk) 01:05, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

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A complete mess

This article is a complete and utter mess. Not only is it ungrammatical, it simply doesn't make sense. It's impossible to clean up because there is no actual indication of what the person who wrote it actually means. Please, someone who has read the novel, fix this embarassing mess. Softlavender (talk) 03:07, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I came to this article to gain a little extra insight but was immediately astonished by the superficial reading, the labeling of Mailer's highly detailed characters as "stereotypical", the omission of moral and political issues which are the heart of the book -- I was morbidly fascinated by the inadequacy of this article and couldn't stop reading it. Anyone see anything wrong with this statement: "Roth is a depressing, fickle stereotypical Jew." Wow! Please, someone who has studied and appreciated this book, please rewrite this article.Vendrov (talk) 12:20, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello. I have probably read two or three hundred Wikipedia articles about books I've read, because they invariably help improve my understanding. THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST. I agree that it's not worth trying to edit this article; it should be tossed out and start over Srcyga (talk) 05:39, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Talullah Bankhead or Dorothy Parker

The anecdote and witticism attributed here to Talullah Bankhead’s publicist is frequently attributed to Dorothy Parker. https://books.google.com/books?id=blZjCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122 https://books.google.com/books?id=X5LEWiomDiEC&pg=PT81&lpg=PT81 . MarkBernstein (talk) 20:31, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

The movie

I've read somewhere that there is The Naked and the Dead, a 1958 film directed by Raoul Walsh. Never seen it, can anyone check? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.91.34.16 (talk) 15:00, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Mountain Anaka?

This might be a minor issues but because just suggested I should be blocked from editing for mentioning that Croft was pleased at Hennesey's death, which as someone who read the novel, I know he was, I feel compelled to ask from my fellow Wikipedians/Mailer readers if they remember Mount Anaka ever being called Mountain Anaka in the book. I do not recall it once being referred to as such. If I change it in the actual page there is a chance that I'll be banned from Wikipedia for it, which is why I'm bringing up in the talk page what would normally be a frivolous discussion topic instead of simply making the edit. If I'm wrong about Anaka, which is possible I've been wrong before then please tell me so I don't make that mistake in the actual article. Thank you. 198.200.115.29 (talk) 21:08, 1 December 2019 (UTC) OK, I've clearly done something wrong, this question was not meant as a subcategory of the movie. Sorry, about that one. Mea culpa. I'm going to see if I know how to fix that. Sincerest apologies. 198.200.115.29 (talk) 21:13, 1 December 2019 (UTC)