Well, it made us laugh, but then we’re easily entertained
Several of the many tributes to the late Susan Sontag contain one of Ms. Sontag’s comments about cultural critic Camille Paglia:
Paglia never forgave Sontag for snubbing her at a party in 1973. By the late 1980s she was declaring that her intellect had eclipsed Sontag’s. “I’ve been chasing that bitch for 25 years,” said Paglia, “and at last I’ve caught her.”
“We used to think Norman Mailer was bad,” said Sontag, “but she makes Norman Mailer look like Jane Austen.”
We think that says it all.
