joseph Aisenberg  wrote:  "Diane Keaton's boyfriend was saying that Nabokov belonged to the ranks of the over rated, not Allen. Allen's character jumps to his and all the other artist's defense."

I don't think so.  Keaton's reference to VN is in relation to Allen's having a girlfriend who's still in high school.  ("Somewhere Nabokov is smiling, if you know what I mean").  The "Academy of the Overrated" has several other figures that the Allen character admires.

Here's the clip.  The VN reference comes at about 1:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HDSFNzptSM
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