Letters to the Editor
David L.
Published Letters: 193 Editor's Choice: 9
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NYC in ruins, again...
[Read the article: "Cloverfield"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm gonna say this again, because I mentioned the same thing in a post about Boston and how they are so boo-hoo about not having something to NOT like about their baseball team (and probably their football team, a few weeks from now).
Fuckin' get over it...
NYC is the cultural and metropolitan center of the universe for the United States. LA had it for a while, but they've lost it again (think of Earthquake, Volcano, and those "other" disaster movies)...and they rightfully lost it, because NYC is the shit! It is THE city of the U.S., and it always will be...
But for you bitch-n-moan folks that keep asking the rest of us to bow in reverence to 9/11 by not making certain kinds of films because that 9/11 wound hasn't healed yet...Well, tough-shit, I sez...if you are going to wear that mantle of being the greatest city in America (and the World), then you need to be able to take your lumps like a real person...and a mere disaster/sci-fi film shouldn't be that delicate to your sense, should it?
So it's okay for the kids to ask "Is it the terrorists" in War of the Worlds...but it's not okay to see Cthulu or some big walking hermit crab destroying the Big Apple? Is that what you NYCers that hate this film are saying? Because it's a crock of shit if that plays any part of your arguement against this film...Come off it guys!
For you Cloverfield non-haters, go read the review on the Onion AV Club...it's much more balanced, something I can't expect from Stephanie Z. in her reviews...
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I'll add to this mystery of falling outside of the bell curve...
[Read the article: I'm afraid I'll be unfaithful to my husband]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm so glad somebody pointed this out...
"Hilarious vanity
Browsing, I found this very funny and wanted to share it again:
"I've noticed that a great many -- almost all -- of Cary's letter writers describe themselves as really, really good looking. It's statistically amazing that Mr. Tennis can draw from such an attractive population of readers! (Given that, honestly, in the real world I inhabit, most people are just average looking at best.)"-Laurel962
I agree, the ego has landed!
-- edziu's muse"
To add to that, what's up with the persistent everythings-going-great-including-my-sex-life statements? When was the last time somebody complained about having a lousy sex life in this column?
Not only are Cary's letter submissions exceedingly attractive, they apparently have tantric-like sex on a fairly regular basis. Of course, there's always the proverbial "but" in these columns...I guess being married to the perfect spouse and having the perfect sex-life isn't what's all cracked up to be, huh?
I used to post here a lot, but I've discovered something about myself and advice columns. Some folks just have too much time to reflect on their own lives...that's a luxury Cary can afford since that's his job, but it ain't mine I'm afraid. I think it would be great if Cary could tell people more often to fix their problems by digging weeds out of their yard or something useful...in fact, some of his best advice basically points the reader in that direction.
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This is the best Salon has to offer? Just one free-lancer's story?
[Read the article: My big, fat, unpaid credit card bill]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I give the author credit for being honest (and even admitting to NOT wanting to be honest at first when she discusses the $2K loan from dad). She earns several points for that...although more SPECIFIC financial details on how she plans to solve her debt would have been better. Somebody said on NPR the other day that our discussion of finances in the public realm is the last really taboo subject in the U.S...and the omissions in this article, while trying to be more frank than most, confirmed this for me. I know, a lot of you will disagree...but if you are going to be honest about this topic, you have to lay it out for everyone to see, warts and all.
However, while the author did good here, Salon loses several million points for publishing this one-off story by itself. It would have been better to see a dedicated, continuing story about debt problems in the U.S. (or several stories from different authors, all addressing the same problems and what the solutions are). But I guess this topic isn't as juicy as, say, who the next president is going to be, or publishing the latest I-hate-Republicans op-ed piece...or wasting time about the Kennedy Assasination (*NOTE TO READERS: one of Salon's editors has a big JFK conspiracy axe to grind, and Salon wastes no time in burdening us with said conspiracy theories...that's a real jounalistic pet peeve of mine*).
Don't get me wrong, I like most Salon articles about politics, it's what they are good at...I just feel that the website is missing out on a good, long term story here. So Sarah, I'll give you props on the article...it's just too bad Salon isn't thinking bigger terms about a SERIOUS national issue that isn't as sexy as the current political climate.