One of this author's protagonists pays an actor on a live soap opera to go off script by ranting about how bad the show is, but the result is that critics start praising the show for its avant-garde comedy.
One of this author's protagonists pays an actor on a live soap opera to go off script by ranting about how bad the show is, but the result is that critics start praising the show for its avant-garde comedy. That protagonist, Guy Grand, is an eccentric billionaire who plays pranks on people. He is the more famous of the two authors of a novel about a woman whose quest to lose her virginity culminates in her having sex with the hump of a mentally challenged hunchback. According to Tom Wolfe, this man's essay "Twirling at Ole Miss" was the first work of (*) New Journalism. This author of The Magic Christian and co-author of Candy wrote an outrageous pie fight scene which was originally planned as the ending of a movie which ends with the song "We'll Meet Again." For 10 points, name this author who worked on the screenplays for Easy Rider and Dr. Strangelove.
One of this author's protagonists pays an actor on a live soap opera to go off script by ranting about how bad the show is, but the result is that critics start praising the show for its avant-garde comedy.
Terry Southern