There’s a hall of mirrors quality to this Huff Post piece on the upcoming Young Adult and what it says about narcissism — the publication is the only one I can think of which references itself in its articles as much as Mailer in his heyday (or the character of George Remus from Boardwalk Empire). One is reminded of the phrase “takes one to know one,” albeit on an institutional level….
(Incidentally, if Diablo Cody does, indeed, win another Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (which she absolutely deserves, IMHO), she will have earned it as much for having to endure the rigors of this sort of dog-and-pony show as for her wonderful script.)
