Letters to the Editor
SoFla Kate
Published Letters: 74 Editor's Choice: 4
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Yes. Dexter is off my list
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I too SO want to like this show, but it's all been so annoyingly convenient and clean. And yes, full of needy, annoying women and one-note men. Will Deb resolve her Daddy issues or will she join the FBI so she can slobber on Lundy for the rest of her career? Are the Miami cops so stupid they'll continue believing Doakes did all those murders?
This show is so contrived and unbelievable, I have no doubt that next season, when these unimaginative writers have run out of ideas, they'll bring Doakes back from the grave -- uh, let's see, turns out Doakes created fake dental records for himself in Haiti and his twin brother had followed him to the cabin -- and we'll find out that Dexter killed Lila in a dream. But Dexter will make it all go away somehow.
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The trouble with Dexter is that it ISN'T dark
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's just tedious and predictable, and doesn't take advantage of its opportunities. We've seen barely a hint of Dexter's so-called Dark Passenger -- oh yeah, Dex talks about it in his narration, but we never really see him except for a few seconds before a kill.
Enough of the flashbacks with Michael C. Hall in his teen-ager fright wig. Enough of stepdad Harry telling little Dexter how hopeless his life will be, filled with the chore of killing all the people Harry couldn't arrest.
Lila was a skank but at least she was interesting, unlike Rita; and she usually let Dexter kill in peace, unlike Rita, who has an uncanny ability to call Dexter with car trouble just as he's sitting down to a nice victim.
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Let's not make another Dumb Dubya mistake
[Read the article: Not ready for prime time (again)?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Huckabee did not think there was "some kind of special dispensation" for late-night TV shows. Come on, what is that? Is there a TV Pope who doles out dispensation, or something?
No, Huckabee knew damn well that writers are striking against Leno. He just doesn't give a shit about unions, and he's too dishonest to say he doesn't. He'll play Mr. Aw Shucks Can't We All Get Along? for as long as even one person is buying it.
Don't understimate him. He and Dubya are equally shallow -- and equally shrewd. Neither of them is the dumb fool we wish we could dismiss them as.
Much as I despise Bush, it's just not possible to get as far as he has by being an idiot - yes, he's connected to Daddy's rich friends, but even that will take you only so far. All those dumb malaproprisms and all that stuttering through scripted speeches is not stupidity or lack of brains -- it's arrogance, pure and simple. He doesn't want to talk to us because we are beneath him or because whatever he's there to talk about is none of our business. His attitude at speeches is not one of confusion, but of "Aaah, whatever - fine, I gotta talk to you for a minute but then please leave me alone."
Anyway, I'm hoping the Huckster does implode tonight, but if he doesn't -- remember Dubya.
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Of course LW is a woman
[Read the article: Go away, can't you see I'm writing?!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kids don't generally bug Daddy about things like this -- they figure anything Mom is doing must have something to do with them. And most men wouldn't put up with it. A dad wouldn't even have to write this letter.
Of course, you could look on the bright side: Maybe your kids think it's really cool what you're doing.
Which it is. Keep going, no matter what!
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Yes, John Edwards is a progressive voice
[Read the article: When principles aren't enough]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And that's about it. He talks and he talks and he talks about poverty and about "two Americas," and he's right. But what has he done about it in Congress?
John Edwards has latched on to the "man of the people" brand, but to me it seems hollow and calculated. No, I don't care about his haircuts or his house. Let him buy mansions for everyone who cuts his hair, for all I care. Just show me something he has done besides give speeches.
His vote supporting the bankruptcy bill does not count.
And I think he hit on the "apology" for his Iraq authorization vote as a campaign ploy. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I want a president I may agree or disagree with, but who comes to decisions after thoughtful consideration and does not second-guess himself to win votes (or for any other reason).
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Thank you!
[Read the article: The cure for lame TV]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Such a flood of great memories! The good ole days of St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues.
"Ehrlich, you're a pig!"
My favorite moment, for some reason, was when Dr. Craig's troubled adult son is killed in a car crash and Craig recalls reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to him in his son's childhood.
It got preachy sometimes and over-the-top, but it always swung for the fences. The last couple of seasons when the hospital got taken over by an HMO were SO true. (Remember Ed Flanders flashing his ass at the HMO guy?)
Thank God it killed off those awaful mainstream hospital dramas like "Trapper John." Not only were the doctors in those shows phony in their perfection (oh, except for their obligatory doubts between the second and third commercial breaks, always resolved by the last 10 minutes), did you ever notice how CLEAN the hospitals were?
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Chicago Hope - "ER" era
[Read the article: The cure for lame TV]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Chicago Hope" started the same season as "ER," not the same as "St. Elsewhere."
You're right about its mediocrity, though. Wasn't that anotehr David E. Kelley fiasco?
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Ugh, Scrubs
[Read the article: The cure for lame TV]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ten minutes of juvenile humor followed by 10 minutes of treacly fortune-cookie sermonizing. And John C. McGinley with his bizarre mugging and overdone line readings - someone please give him his Ritalin.