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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Published Letters: 2 Editor's Choice: 1
What a shame. From Zacharek's review, the film of "Rent" sounds like it'll be very much like the stage show. I had great hopes they'd take the opportunity to correct the mistakes in the stage show for the purposes of the film.
(And I'm usually a true-blue viewer; I *like* my stage shows, and generally get put out when the screenplays deviate too far!)
-C.E. Murphy
Like someone who posted earlier, the first trailer I saw for The Pink Panther told me it was going to be awful, and I *like* Steve Martin. All it did, in fact, was make me want to go and rent the original immediately--which, when you get right down to it, can't be a bad thing.
I do wish the studios would catch on to the idea of doing re-releases for old films instead of remaking them. Think of it: whole generations introduced to film noir, to movie musicals, to great classics, all for a fraction of the price of remaking movies. A modest advertising budget and who knows, studios might find they've got an old hit on their hands.
-C.E. Murphy
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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