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Trudeau Discusses Career As Satirist

But Trudeau's unusual opinions worried his first employers.

Trudeau says his agent consoled him.

"Sooner or later these guys die," he recalls being told.

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When Doonesbury received the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, Trudeau said he knew his cartoon "had apparently acquired manners and was fit to sit at the table."

But, he said he was almost bothered by the cartoon's acceptance into the social mainstream.

"Satire is an un-gentlemanly art," he said. "Satire picks a one-sided fight."

"This savage, unrequited sport is protected by the constitution," he said, adding, "its unfairness makes it a good form of social control."

He cautioned against politicians who react strongly to his cartoons, or who threaten him.

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