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Don't know if the letter deserved a star or not, but it was clearly written by someone who was upset by Reynolds' snarky overgeneralization about Americans who liked BBC television. I didn't care much for it, either.
Yes, the programming the BBC used to distribute in the U.S. was generally more intelligent than what was made here. That came to an end with the lad-culture inspired English viewers' revolt a few years ago. Now what we get is just as bad as the U.S. crud, with a different accent.
Reynolds just took a cheap punky/X/lad antiintellectual shot. He was better when he stuck to what he knew, not that that's worth much.
And one more thing about G. Fame: he also did us a service in exposing the jazz roots of people like Van Morrison and Ben Sidran. Worth checking out.
