Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 6
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gay escort/drug dealer
[Read the article: Haggard: Massage, meth but no gay sex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If we are to believe Haggard (ahem) that he only bought the meth from Jones, then I have to ask: why is he calling up a gay male escort to buy drugs?
"Hmm," he ponders, "I'm thinking about trying meth. Where can I get it? Oh, yes, of course, from one of those gay escorts! Now where's that fag rag that someone--I don't know who--brought into my office . . . "
I mean, is there no one else from whom he could have bought meth?
The whole thing reminds me of a joke that was popular when AIDS/HIV was first identified. At the time, it seemed to be afflicting gay men and Haitians. The joke: Q: What's the worst thing about having AIDS? A: Convincing your parents your Haitian.
If only there were a blue dress with Haggard spunk on it!
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piece of crap
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I saw Inland Empire at the NY Film Fest--well, I should qualify that. I saw part of Inland Empire at the NY Film Fest. It was so terrible, so stultifyingly ridiculous, so ugly to look at that the friend I went with and I walked out less than halfway through. And believe me, I gave it a chance--my friend wanted to leave a half hour before I finally gave up.
Nothing makes any sense. The touted use of HD--it was supposed be spellbindingly beautiful--produced images that were muddy and gray and pallid.
I actually felt sorry for Laura Dern. She must have been thinking "What the Fa?" in every scene.
I loved the first half of Mulholland Drive. The second half was a claptrap of bullshit that made no fucking sense and all of you who defend (or pretend to love it) it know it. Inland Empire is the second half of Mulholland Drive on Quaaludes and bad bottle of gin. Nothing, but no fucking thing, makes any sense.
And it's one of the ugliest films you will ever see.
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Thank you!
[Read the article: God save the queen!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I thought the same thing . . . that Bush was totally out of line. Again.
And I've been wondering why everyone thinks it was so cute, his "mother look". Why is this kind of thing funny? Even if it wasn't the Queen, why would it be funny? Why would it be cute?
Thank you for voicing your thoughts on this.
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About "Mostly Martha"
[Read the article: "No Reservations"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I saw a tease/promo of "No Reservations" on DirecTV and no one in the whole thing mentioned "Mostly Martha," the German film on which this film is based. In fact, at one point, C Z-J actually is waxing poetic about the beautiful love story the film (allegedly) presents and says "it just had to be captured on film." To which I quickly yelled at the TV, it has been, Catherine.
I've not seen "No Reservations" and maybe I will, but I loved "Mostly Martha." It was sweet, heartbreaking, believable and wonderful. Maybe it helps that I didn't know any of the actors in the film and so I believed the story unfolding before me. Also, there were issues of culture and country in the film: Martha was German, from Hamburg, and the chef invading her kitchen was from Italy. (Not just a non-Italian chef who cooks Italian food and loves all things Italian.) Maybe it was a tiny bit simplistic that a romantic, warm, animated Italian came into her kitchen, but it worked. Martha came around, slowly, so slowly, but she saw what he was doing for her niece and that, in turn, touched her, without her even realizing it. I was hoping that "No Reservations" would keep some of that warmth and discovery--without manipulation--but it doesn't seem to be that way . . .
I think it's part of the problem with American/Hollywood filmmakers re-making non-American films. The filmmakers ignore the cultural subtleties of the original films and instead think they can make it up in other ways . . . like laying on the cuteness.
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Hating Atonement
[Read the article: Oscar, are you listening?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You have to know that you and your boyfriend are not alone. I hated Atonement, too.
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not that it matters, but I ditto the emotion
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Never liked Top Design the first time around with it's "See you later, decorator!" ejection line and Todd Oldham's inanitities. And the terrible terrible challenges.
The second time around, Todd got a better role (not much, but better) and the new ejection line is "We can't live with your design." (Really? Who in the hell and how many of them worked how long to come up with that line?) But the challenges are still terrible terrible.
I do have one big Q, though: What is an "iconic potter"? And to whom is that potter iconic?
More critique at my blog: http://seriouslycanitellyousomething.blogspot.com/