I remember wondering why they renamed the book "Men Who Hate Women" to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in the US (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor)
Now the denial is obvious. Many men do hate women and the book and movie wouldn't have succeeded.
It somehow turned from a feminist condemnation on society to a male fantasy series about a nerdy, tattooed "girl", not even woman.
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Father in hospital (Jeremy Irons): "Men don't bring other men flowers."
Son: "They're from my wife," he sighs, "I brought you a flagon of whiskey and a carousel of whores."
- An Actor Prepares
In 1978, Isaac Asimov judged a local limerick contest and deemed this entry to be the best out of 12,000:
The bustard’s an exquisite fowl,
With minimal reason to growl:
He escapes what would be
Illegitimacy
By grace of a fortunate vowel.
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