Opening Night at the Theater
Pete Hamill's column describing the fistfight at the Deer Park opening-night party and quoting Mailer on why he provoked the critics: "I wanted the critics to feel self-conscious at the opening. You have to hustle."
A column by Pete Hamill describing the fistfight that broke out at the opening-night party for The Deer Park (67.13) at Mailer’s apartment, and quoting Mailer on why he wrote (in 67.4) that only an intelligent, perceptive critic would like his play: “I wanted the critics to feel self-conscious at the opening. You have to hustle.”