A few thoughts:
First, I thought you were talking about this guy:
Second: Anne Rice? Seriously? Let The Right One In ran circles around Lestat prancing around on stage.
Thirdly: Not totally relevant, but about university students studying shitty literature...a guy in one of my religion classes is a English major, they're making him read Twilight right now. My roommate had to read Life Of Pi. Its possible!