Despite popular opinion, ...

Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and infuriatingly obstructionist in her career habits. Madonna is manic, perfectionist, workaholic. Monroe abused alcohol and drugs, while Madonna shuns them. Monroe had a tentative, melting, dreamy solipsism; Madonna has Judy Holliday\'s wisecracking smart mouth and Joan Crawford\'s steel will and bossy, circus master managerial competence.
Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and infuriatingly obstructionist in her career habits. Madonna is manic, perfectionist, workaholic. Monroe abused alcohol and drugs, while Madonna shuns them. Monroe had a tentative, melting, dreamy solipsism; Madonna has Judy Holliday's wisecracking smart mouth and Joan Crawford's steel will and bossy, circus master managerial competence.
 Camille Paglia

Quotes from the same author

I guess I'm just a natural warrior.
 See image
 Camille Paglia
There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
 See image
 Camille Paglia
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
 See image
 Camille Paglia
And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.
 See image
 Camille Paglia
A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
 See image
 Camille Paglia