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Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine is a 1976 book by Tom Wolfe, consisting of eleven essays and one short story that Wolfe wrote between 1967 and 1976. [1] It includes the essay in which he coined the term "the 'Me' Decade" to refer to the 1970s. In addition to the stories, Wolfe also illustrated the book. [2] [3]
"The ' Me ' Decade and the Third Great Awakening" is an essay by American author Tom Wolfe, in which Wolfe coined the phrase " 'Me' Decade", a term that became common as a descriptor for the 1970s. The essay was first published as the cover story in the August 23, 1976, issue of New York magazine [1] and later appeared in his collection Mauve Glove
The Right Stuff franchise consists of American historical drama installments, including film and television mediums. Each installment details the aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States, which lead to the Mercury Seven where seven military pilots were selected to be astronauts for Project Mercury; the first human spaceflight by the United States.
AMC’s Mad Men certainly wasn’t a fairytale, filled with sex, corruption, money, booze and adultery — but it somehow made us love these characters, even at their lowest moments. With seven ...
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American epic historical drama film written and directed by Philip Kaufman and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe.The film follows the Navy, Marine, and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military pilots who were selected to be the astronauts ...
Since Mad Men, he’s appeared as Howard Stark in a number of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and played journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. in 2016’s Oscar Best Picture winner Spotlight.
On May 31, 2019, Patrick J. Adams had been cast in the series lead role of John Glenn. [12] On June 14, 2019, Jake McDorman [13] and Colin O'Donoghue [14] were cast as Alan Shepard and Gordon Cooper, respectively. On June 21, 2019, Eric Ladin, Patrick Fischler, Nora Zehetner, Eloise Mumford, Shannon Lucio, and Josh Cooke joined the cast. [15]
After the series, Wolfe began researching the whole of the space program, in what became a seven-year project from which he took time to write The Painted Word, a book on art, and to complete Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine, a collection of shorter pieces. [5] In 1977 he returned to his astronaut book full-time.