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From Gawker:

Break, Blow, Burn
By Camille Paglia
Reviewed by Clive James

We basically zone out during any discussion of poetry, and our eyes certainly did that thing where they sort of close, but not all the way, during Clive James’s review of Camille Paglia’s poetry anthology “Break, Blow, Burn” — until we got to the part where James Google-searched Paglia for half an hour:

And what is Paglia doing, writing that an actress as gifted as Anne Heche has “the mental depth of a pancake?” How many pancake brains could do what Heche did with David Mamet’s dialogue in “Wag the Dog?” And what about her performance in “One Kill?” No doubt Heche has been stuck with a few bad gigs, but Paglia, of all people, must be well aware that being an actress is not the same safe ride as being the tenured university professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

First off, did Clive James just spend 17 lines discussing Anne Heche in a review of a poetry anthology? Secondly, did Clive James just backhandedly compare Camille Paglia to Anne Heche? Thirdly, was Paglia just “served”? Fourthly, is it now “on”? And Fifthly, who should be more offended - Paglia or Heche?

(For those who don't know- Paglia is a pain in my ass- that woman....harumph.)