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I felt Wilson was sometimes too complacent in seeing human foibles (such as irrational spiritual beliefs) as evolutionarily adaptive.
The forays into science fiction are said to have "the unfortunate effect of liberating all [Vidal's] worst artistic impulses" (James Bowman, the Wall Street Journal ). Vidal does win praise for caustic portrayals of dead presidents--with all the "freaks and foibles"--of the sort he has brought to his other historical fiction (Christopher Benfey, the New York Times Book Review ).
I begin to cleave to the well-matured story, I'm afraid; but it does have the advantage today, when the younger generations demonstrate a total lack of respect for tradition, of not being overworked by the comedians who rarely say anything funny or even clever but make up their routines to remind us of our foibles.
For example, the current trend among stand-up comedians--particularly as reflected in the persistent American television broadcasts from various improvs--is simply to retail common, ordinary, everday events and rely on the audience to laugh appreciatively at the perception of the comedian to point out our foibles.
Now Jackson energetically defends Clinton's foibles.