Best of Enemies

 On Netflix right now, there is a film called Best of Enemies.  It is a documentary made in 2015, about the debate between William F. Buckley, Jr. and Gore Vidal at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago.

(Was it one debate?  Or was it a series of debates? - I'm not sure, still playing it, listening to it.)

        (If you go to look for this on Netflix, be aware there's another movie on there titled The Best Of Enemies.  Same title, except with the word "the" in front of it.

        These are two entirely different films, so - here, we're talking about "Best of Enemies" without the "The.")

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William Buckley introduces the word "hobgoblinization" while trying to make a point.

There's a scene from the "Playboy After Dark" TV show hosted by Hugh Hefner, with Gore Vidal as a guest.

        The first time I listened to some of this, I thought, "Are both of these guys trying to speak with an English accent?"

                One narrator says, "They spoke with these patrician, languid accents, they'd both been to boarding schools...."

The Cambridge English Dictionary defines the word "languid" - moving or speaking slowly with little energy, often in an attractive way.

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