Letters to the Editor
Rob Anderson
Published Letters: 309 Editor's Choice: 4
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The Russians Want To Assert Intellectual Property Rights Over the AK-47???
[Read the article: How is an AK-47 like a QWERTY keyboard?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's rich, considering that Mikhail Kalashnikov ripped off the design of the German MP-44, introduced near the end of WWII as an answer to the Soviet SpSh submachine gun.
When countries like Bulgaria were part of the Warsaw Pact Moscow had no problem with them manufacturing knock-offs. Now all of a sudden it's a problem. Geez, what a crock of shit!
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What Would Ted Nugent Do?
[Read the article: I hate my cat!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kill It and Grill It.
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Garry Owens
[Read the article: I'm younger than that now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't fret. curmudgeon2 is full of shit. I'm betting he's a twenty-something troll who likes to tweak the letter boards.
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Her One Year On SNL Was Truly Excellent
[Read the article: Spirit of success]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She was very, VERY good in nearly every sketch, as well as Weekend Update. The following season I missed her gracious yet funny presence. Then I saw her in AMADEUS and thought to myself, "Oh, no wonder she left. This woman is a huge talent!" Glad to know that she's still wowing people.
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Oh Good GOD!!
[Read the article: Introducing: Tony Cartoons]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here's a tip, Kerry: STOP TAKING TIPS FROM YOUR FRIENDS. Instead, take the advice of your enemies (at least when it comes to Video Dog).
This "piece" is really awful: Boring, artless, unfunny. And now we're stuck with it every Wednesday. Try again.
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Obese Women Are....
[Read the article: Healthy, my ass]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]....DISGUSTING. Fat tubs of shit that no man could or would ever want, they make me sad.
But then fat, ugly male tubs of shit are no different.
If there's one thing we need to learn in this country is that obsese is ugly. It doesn't matter how pretty your eyes are, or how shapely your mouth; it doesn't matter how prominent your chin is, or how mesomorphic your body might be.
If you're obese you're OUT. End of story.
That doesn't mean you should be discriminated against. But it probably means you will. But you have control. Change yourself, for your own sake!
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
[Read the article: Exclusive Song of the Day: "Somebody to Love," the Jefferson Airplane]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry, but the music of that era, on average, was and remains VASTLY better than the music of our own. And I'm not a Boomer.
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I Wonder What Joey Bishop Thinks of This Trilogy
[Read the article: "Ocean's Thirteen"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As the only surviving member of the starring cast of the '61 original, I bet he has a few pithy things to say. Does anyone know if he was interviewed about it?
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Tony Loses Everything And Winds Up Homeless
[Read the article: "The Sopranos" prediction pool]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Booze is his only escape. One day he buys a cheap bottle of something called Viper to dry and drown his sorrows.
Click on my name below to see what happens next.
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I Haven't Changed My Opinion
[Read the article: "The Sopranos" goes dark]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When all the hype started in '99, I decided to tune in to "The Sopranos." What I found was a thorough rip-off of GOODFELLAS. Though I stopped watching after about three episodes that first season, I have followed the progress of the show on various Internet forums, like this one. I did watch the ending last night, and am confused by those who insist that Tony was "whacked." The last two things we see are:
1. Meadow walking into the diner
2. Tony looking up and reacting as she walks in.
That's it. Yes, Chase deliberately made it feel like something terrible was about to happen, but they were all red-herrings. And I've had to chuckle at those who keep insisting that Tony was shot in the back of the head. If that's true, then it was by the world's first invisible hitman with the world's first invisible gun, because there was no one standing behind Tony in that last moment.
Those who argue that we were meant to experience Tony's world/life as he does are forgetting who wrote and directed the show. David Chase has flatly stated in a number of interviews that he despises the character Tony Soprano, and is somewhat appalled by people's admiration of and fandom for what is essentially a sociopathic killer. I seriously doubt that Chase would, at this late stage, try and have us empathize with poor Tony Soprano.
The people here who have gotten it right are those who have stated that Chase was essentially giving his audience the finger. Of that there can be no doubt. It's one thing not to offer "closure", to refuse the temptation to tie everything up in a nice pretty bow. It's another thing entirely to yank the narrative rug out from under your audience and leave them on the floor, rubbing their aching heads.
Simply put, "The Sopranos" started out as an over-hyped but mediocre show, and ended as an over-hyped but awful show. Nothing more needs to be said...or written.
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Golden Boy
[Read the article: "The Sopranos" goes dark]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do I have to drink the whole carton to tell that the milk is sour? Do I have to eat the foul-smelling meat to know that it's rotten?? And do I really have to sit through 80+ hours of horseshit to realize that it's horseshit? If you believe that I should, then you've obviously never shoveled out a barn much less learned to differentiate between genuinely great art and...well, horseshit.
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Please Allow Me To Explain This Situation
[Read the article: Portrait of a princess, interrupted]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those of you who are so upset about the interview with Brown, and her blog (!), must understand that Joan Walsh is a first-class star fucker and a world-class narcissist. Since she took over as Editor-in-Chief, Salon has gone steadily downhill. Inferior writing and editing, more and more fluff passed off as "cultural reporting." And then of course Walsh's ever increasing appearances on TV talk shows, the clips of which invariably posted to Video Dog, accompanied by a few ass-kissing remarks by Kerry or Heather.
And those of you who address letters to her should stop wasting your time. She doesn't listen and doesn't care. She will continue as she has lo these many years, and Salon will literally becomes a parody of what it once was. It's a damn shame, but there it is.
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"Geniuses"?? Are You Out of Your Mind??
[Read the article: Red State Update: Ron Paul vs. the Loch Ness monster]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you want brilliance, go to YouTube and watch "Berats And Berreta", or "The Receptionist", or MarkDayComedy, or "DerrickComedy." Then come back to me and tell me these two morons are "geniuses." I don't know who they had to blow to get this regular gig on Salon, but sure had to be someone.