Letters to the Editor
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The archetypical letter calling Paul H-O a leech...
Before even opening the comments section I knew a letter just like softdog's would be there waiting for me. Though I haven't seen the film, the article makes it pretty clear that Ms. Sherman gave her consent and participated in the making of the it. Her recent ambivalence toward it is nothing more than PR., calculated to juice up public interest. Sherman's been around for a long time, To be sure, a little fresh "exposure", of a different sort, wouldn't exactly be seen as unwelcome by her dealers, regardless of what they might be saying in the press.
Softdog's predictably condescending and sneering disparagement is misplaced. Paul's not a leech. According to the article, Sherman isn't depicted as a monster, its the world that she and her dealers have created around her, "Cindyworld", that is held up to scrutiny.
I also beg to differ with what was perhaps the most stomach- turning cliche of SD's letter: that Paul would not exist were it not for Sherman. Paul was existing well enough to attract Sherman's attention in the first place. He probably didn't fully understand what he was getting into, falling in love with, not just an another individual, but a jealously guarded and controlled commodity.