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" Anyone who thinks that the literary life of a celebrity writer is placid and humdrum is in for a rude awakening today. American Psycho writer, satirist, and, these days, apparently jealous asshole Bret Easton Ellis is undergoing a social-media backlash to his tweet disparaging this year&amp;#039;s Nobel Prize in Literature winner Alice Munro:    Alice Munro is so completely overrated. \u2014 Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) October 11, 2013        Alice Munro was always an overrated writer and now that she&amp;#039;s won The Nobel she always will be. The Nobel is a joke and has been for ages... \u2014 Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) October 11, 2013     While Ellis has since backpedaled, likening his faux pas to &amp;quot;beating up Santa Claus,&amp;quot; the Internet is showing no mercy in defending the sweet Canadian short story writer, who, at a spry 82, is thought to have written her last collection. Now even ex-Weekend Update host Norm Macdonald has been drawn into the fray, tweeting:  While it makes sense for Macdnald to jump to the defense of his countrywoman, the motives behind Ellis&amp;#039;s assault in the first place are questionable at best. There&amp;#039;s plenty of reason to think he&amp;#039;s just stirring the pot again. Either way, if there&amp;#039;s one lesson Ellis should hold on to, it&amp;#039;s that you should respect your elders, especially when they&amp;#039;re far, far better than you. Follow The Culture Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQCulture. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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