Posted on 12/12/2013 7:47:29 AM PST by ReformationFan
Lee Siegel is the guy who got fired from the New Republic for talking himself up in blog comments under another name -- Sprezzatura. He's also the guy who wrote "Memo to the South: Go Ahead, Secede Already!" for The Daily Beast. And for some reason he really did have it in for Pope John Paul II.
It's good if Lee Siegel is getting concerned about pop culture as he's getting older and worrying about his children, but so far indications are he's still the same publicity-hunting pseud he always was. He's not a bad writer by any means, but he's afflicted with the modern disease he wants to analyze here. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays he can be a serious and concerned "cultural critic," but the rest of the week he's chasing headlines and trying to create a sensation around himself -- and taking it much further even most journalists dare go.
That was just lovely. Thanks.
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