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Sun Feb-06-05 08:40 PM
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Are younger DUers (below 35) perplexed about fixation on Deep Throat? |
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I admit, I've always wondered who Deep Throat is/was. I've had endless discussions about it. I would guess that many of you don't care or have no idea why we are obsessed by it.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:41 PM
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1. Not obsessed but definitely interested |
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I can't speak for others. But I like history and I like politics (duh - I'm on DU) so yeah, I'm interested in finding out who Deep Throat was.
Oh, I'm 19
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:57 PM
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16. same age, same opinion nt |
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:42 PM
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with this and Paul McCartney at the Super Bowl, the younguns must feel kinda out of it today.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:44 PM
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6. it's not my fault!!! I was born too late...but as a professional musician |
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I'm very familiar with McCartney.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:53 PM
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11. Oh, come on now...LOL |
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Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 08:55 PM by meganmonkey
Give us a little credit, would ya?! Maybe you're thinking of people younger than me, but as a 30 year old, I have to say that Paul McCartney is one of the most bad-ass rock stars of all time and I loved his performance tonight. Particularly in comparison to last year's Janet Jackson and Justin boy-band Cheeseball debacle, McCartney kicks both of their asses hands-down, wardrobe malfunction or no.
As for Deep Throat, I think most younger people here already know, or they have learned recently with all the Watergate/what-will-get Bush**-impeached? conversations around here lately. At the very least, they have seen All the Presidents Men (if they haven't, and they DON'T know who Deep Throat is yet, the least you can do is rent that movie!).
And I've never been much into 70's porn, but I knew who the Watergate Deep Throat was waaay before I knew about the other Deep Throat. :)
edit: in my last paragraph I don't mean to imply that I know the actual identity of Deep Throat;)
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:29 PM
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LOL
It was a totally different day and age, though.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:58 PM
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you kidding? the beatles kick ass |
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Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 08:58 PM by realisticphish
i dont restrict my music to other 19 year olds :)
:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:31 PM
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34. My youngest son is 21 |
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and has excellent taste in music. He's a huge Beatles fan and he loves Bob Dylan too.
He's also a damn fine librul.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:02 PM
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21. ha you think we dont know who McCartney is |
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C'mon :), and yes I know about Watergate, I do read you know.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:35 PM
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36. No of course I think you know who McCartney is |
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but it's hard to describe just how big of an icon he was and how HUGE the Beatles were in the 60s. It was a very different time. We had no MTV and were not bombarded with music or culture, as you kids were growing up.
But you have to admit not all in your age group are familiar with Deep Throat. Many of your generation do NOT read. :)
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:42 PM
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3. Or are confused by the off-kilter cultural reference. |
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They probably are aware of the movie, not the person.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:42 PM
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4. They have no idea who Linda Lovelace is I bet |
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:42 PM
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43. They don't know who Linda Lovelace is? Don't they watch the Oscars? |
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I have no idea why people still obsess over it.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:45 PM
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8. It is probably the only secret that has actually been kept in DC |
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:52 PM
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10. I'll try to give my reason |
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Imagine someone inside the Bush administration started spilling all the secrets. The media obsessed about the new revelations. It ended his Presidency and Republican rule for a time. Wouldn't you always wonder who did it? It's probably a conservative and someone who's gone on to advancement in Republican circles. Deep throat is a hero and a person who put the country above the party. I hope.
I don't know how to reconcile that with some of the names floated lately.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:53 PM
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12. Precisely why I want to know |
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Who are some of the names floated around lately, I am curious.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:55 PM
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I understand the whole thing now a bit better than I did when I was younger. It was never really explained fully to me, and it's not really taught in schools... I learn as much as I can on my own, but there's only so much American history one can cram up in the brain :)
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:58 PM
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17. You really should see All the President's Men |
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I didnt learn about Watergate in history either, I saw that movie this past year in Journalism, and I loved it.
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Ive been watching a few Journalism themed movies as of late in tha course, such as Shattered Glass and The Insider, both are excellent.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:09 PM
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24. Note while watching that Bernstein said the actor who portrayed |
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"Deep Throat" (Hal Holbrook) had the physical, behavioral, and especially sounded like the real guy.
Watch how they light him, too.
In retrospect, with what I know now--very, very, creepy. :scared:
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:12 PM
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25. The one Holbrook seemed to me reminded me of Poppy Bush |
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but it seems like the real Deepthroat is dying right now, and Poppy is in Jacksonville for the super bowl tonight. Who do you think it is?
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:20 PM
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28. Very confusing, but one of two people. |
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They swore they'd not reveal it until DT's death, and Poppy does appear alive and well.
As far as I'm aware, so is Fred Fielding.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:21 PM
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30. Right oh yeah poppy is definely alive and well |
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The way things seem Bush will be the only one who is called president to have both parents alive when he leaves office I think, well Kennedy I guess technically.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:18 PM
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26. If you decide to watch the movie, |
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have a piece of paper and pen ready, and start writing down initials and names when they spit them out. The first time I watched, I was lost. Or watch with someone with a good memory.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:19 PM
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I was doing it in between class periods, so I lost my memory and etc.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:40 PM
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they throw so many names around in the middle of the story. I got lost the first couple of times I watched it.
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:45 PM
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7. Not really, I wanna know who it is too |
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:46 PM
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But, every time I see a headline about Deep Throat, I don't know if they're referring to Watergate or the movie "Deep Throat".
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Sun Feb-06-05 08:55 PM
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I want to know who it is too.
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Watergate was a third-rate scandal compared to what Bush is doing now. If Bush did Watergate the news wouldn't even report it today.
Fuck Watergate and Woodward and Bernstein.
Get a fucking media person to expose Bush and bring him down.
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Vincent will you teach me how to paint Teresa will I ever be a saint John I really think your songs are great I was born too late
William will you teach me how to write Cassius will you show me how to fight Thomas A. I think I see the light I was born tonight
I’ve had a hard time leaving this town I’ve been losing everything that I’ve found I’m gonna search the sky, kiss the ground Build it up and tear it back down
I’ve had a hard time leaving this place I’ve been counting all the lines on my face I’m gonna curse the sky, hit the ground What goes up comes tumbling down
Jimi show me how you play that thing Elvis will I ever be a king and Jerry all the joy and love you bring I was born to sing
Martin Luther King show me the way Jesus Buddha teach me how to pray Christopher I think I see the bay I was born today
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:21 PM
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29. I always thought it was Haig. n/t |
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:22 PM
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31. he was an oppertunist so could be |
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My dad actually went to school with Alex Haig Jr.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:55 PM
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39. Interesting, and quite plausible. |
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Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 09:56 PM by blondeatlast
He, too, is still very much alive. though.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:22 PM
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I'm in my 20's and I certainly understand the discussion and why it's significant. I don't really post to the threads because those old enough to remember it know quite a bit more about the minor players than I do, but I read them because I love a good mystery.
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:33 PM
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35. I'm 49 and still wonder. |
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I lived out of the country during Nixon's disgrace and didn't pay much attention to politics, so missed a good part of it. The appearance of Woodward and Bernstein for their 'historical legacy' regarding that debacle has reinvigorated the debate. Plus the possibility of someone on the verge of death who is DT makes that plot thicken. And I too love a good mystery. :)
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Sun Feb-06-05 09:45 PM
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38. OH, I thought you meant Depp throat. Nevermind. |
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:10 PM
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40. damn cally, I want to KNOW before I am gone |
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:27 PM
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41. Cally, is that picture Jan, 1973? |
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:41 PM
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42. No sweetie that photo is from last year's March For Women's Lives |
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What happened in Jan. '73?
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