Drunken Mailer Amuses Full House
David G. Hoffman's Harvard Crimson report on Mailer's 'magnetic charisma' at a Harvard Advocate benefit featuring excerpts from his films.
“Drunken Mailer Amuses Full House,” an article by David G. Hoffman in the Harvard Crimson (15 April 1972), is a brief report on Mailer’s appearance at a Harvard Advocate benefit that included a showing of excerpts from his films. Mailer displayed “magnetic charisma,” Hoffman wrote, telling the audience: “I don’t know what I’m going to say next, but whatever I say, it will have my full heart behind it.”