Reading the other day the simultaneous obituaries of Phyllis Diller and Tony Scott has been revelatory. They turned out to be complementary articles serving as bookends for the taste of America or, if you prefer, its psyche.Note some emerging deductions. Phyllis Diller's success was based on self-mockery, whereas film director Scott's was founded on male heroics that, against all odds, led to triumph. Two almost iron…
SOURCE: John Simon at 02:39PM on August 31, 2012