Book · 1973 · blue sharks
Jaws
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Peter Benchley wrote Jaws. Did not mean to turn us all off from sharks forevermore. The unintended consequences of sharks.
What they say about it
- Discussing the novel's anniversary and history“publishing history of Peter Benchley's Jaws”3
The best things said about it
For the 50th anniversary of Peter Benchley's novel last summer, you wrote just a wonderful piece for us here at the book review, looking back on that book and how it started this entire thing.
Let's talk about that book. You reread the book. You went back into the publishing history of Peter Benchley's Jaws.
Fidel Castro gave an interview to Wei magazine, the older men's magazine about Jaws and he talked about it. He praised the book, this is I think this is before the movie came out.
And I do think the class struggle in Jaws the novel it does play out in some ways in the movie.
There's also when they republished Jaws last year, the Peter Benchley's novel, and maybe they did this in previous publications, but they included a lot of his papers from when he was developing the script.
So tell it to Peter Benchley and the maker of Jaws. By the way, I do Peter Benchley actually wound up saying he felt bad that his book and the the movie Jaws that was based on his book unfairly demonized shark um sharks cuz they don't generally want to eat us, but they do attack and kill us.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Jan 2022 Where and when it comes up
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Jaws by Peter Benchley is a suspenseful thriller novel that follows a coastal community terrorized by a giant great white shark and the subsequent hunt to destroy it. Andrew Huberman referenced the book on The Shawn Ryan Show during a conversation about the impacts of mouth breathing versus nose breathing on facial structure, accidentally associating it with Stanford colleagues Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Khan. Meanwhile, the novel was the central focus of an episode of The Book Review, where host Gilbert Cruz and guest Brian Raftery commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of its publication. Raftery reflected on reading a condensed version of the book as a child, its lasting paperback legacy, Fidel Castro's surprising political interpretation of the story, and how class struggles manifested in both the novel and its famous cinematic adaptation. Furthermore, Raftery discussed the recent republication of Benchley's work, which included developmental papers revealing the author's creative struggles while shaping the script and narrative. Through these podcast appearances, speakers explored the enduring cultural footprint of the book, its publishing history, and its complex thematic elements beyond simple creature features.
Every mention
Andrew Huberman I don't know if you've ever seen the pictures of these kids in this book Jaws by my colleagues at Stanford… 1
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“I don't know if you've ever seen the pictures of these kids in this book Jaws by my colleagues at Stanford Paul erlick and Sandra Khan”
Brian Raftery And same with Jaws. I just think there was a secondary life for a hit model back then. 5
Discussed
“And while he was doing that, since we're not at the beach, I cracked open the Readers Digest condensed version of Jaws.”
Discussed
“And same with Jaws. I just think there was a secondary life for a hit model back then.”
Discussed
“Yeah, I mean this is the most 70s sentence of all time, but Fidel Castro gave an interview to Wei magazine, the older men's magazine about Jaws and he talked about it. He praised the book, this is I think this is before the movie came out.”
Discussed
“And I do think the class struggle in Jaws the novel it does play out in some ways in the movie.”
Discussed
“There's also when they republished Jaws last year, the Peter Benshley's novel, and maybe they did this in previous publications, but they included a lot of his papers from when he was developing the script, which I think are really interesting because I think he did really struggle to figure out how to turn his book into a movie.”
Gilbert Cruz Let's talk about that book. You reread the book. You went back into the publishing history of Peter Benshle… 2
Discussed
“So, for the 50th anniversary of Peter Benshley's novel last summer, you wrote just a wonderful piece for us here at the book review, looking back on that book and how it started this entire thing.”
Discussed
“Let's talk about that book. You reread the book. You went back into the publishing history of Peter Benshley's Jaws.”
Dr. Marty Makary Just like when Peter Benchley wrote Jaws. Did not mean to turn us all off from sharks forevermore. The unin… 1
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“Just like when Peter Benchley wrote Jaws. Did not mean to turn us all off from sharks forevermore. The unintended consequences. of sharks.”
Megyn Kelly So tell it to Peter Benchley and the maker of Jaws. By the way, I do Peter Benchley actually wound up sayin… 1
Discussed
“So tell it to Peter Benchley and the maker of Jaws. By the way, I do Peter Benchley actually wound up saying he felt bad that his book and the the movie Jaws that was based on his book unfairly demonized shark um sharks cuz they don't generally want to eat us, but they do attack and kill us.”
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Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“and come up with something that never works and when you're at it while at least in my case you get the point is you have no idea what's going to sell or not sell”
Passing
“I think this is connected to the 50th anniversary of Jaws, which just came.”
Passing
“Brian, thank you so much for coming on to talk about the 50th anniversary of Jaws by Peter Benshley, the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the alltime Steven Spielberg film.”
Passing
“it's almost like uh um it's almost like uh the the the uh um like being in in the movie Jaws right where early on you know there's a shark out there and you see the impact of the shark”
Passing
“And that is the last branch that I would join, there's no way I would join the Navy because I don't want to be on a ship that sinks and you end up in the water and now you're in Quint's story from Jaws.”
Passing
“but what about Jaws you know probably did read jaw didn't every like 15 y old boy read read the book too”
Passing
“and so all that I did was read and so I was like climbing the bookshelves to get to you know jaws on the top shelf”