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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
Kate Vaughn
Published Letters: 64 Editor's Choice: 3
I am grateful for at least 2 things--one, that I don't own a television, as I sat with my jaw dropped at the crap I was reading about, and two, that I am not paid to watch it. I just don't think I could do it.
Heather's a good writer, (although I rarely read her since I don't watch), and her snarky reports make me feel like I need a shower, particularly after this report. I guess that's good...
Good God. The insufferable Paglia on the irrevelant Madonna. They should both retire.
Irrelevant. It's early. :)
Irrelevant. It's early. :)
Maher is a misogynist wanker, he always has been. I feel like I need a shower just watching him on the telly.
I suggest that your experiment in "Letters" to the "Editor" has failed. It has degenerated into a name calling group of 6th graders arguing about whether Superman can beat up Batman. It was entertaining at first, but now, well, it's kind of pathetic.
Please go back to a traditional format of choosing letters that have something to say about the PIECE and discarding those who address other readers. As a member for many years, I thought that Salon readers were a little more sophisticated and respectful of other views. Given a platform and a common enemy, (first the author of the piece, then the supporters and/or detractors of it), we see nit-picking, name-calling, complaining, bitching, insulting, whining and general nastiness.
I, for one, am tired of picking through all this garbage to find someone with something insightful to say. It's depressing...really.
Nice one-you guys slay me. Happy April Fools, you nuts!
I'm sorry, but Jennifer Aniston was the worst thing in a pretty good thriller. She was lifeless and boring and did nothing to explain why these 2 men might be taken with her.
Unfortunately, Jennifer Aniston is just not a Movie Star. She topped out being America's sweetheart on TV. And, also unfortunately, she is approaching 40 and in the Hollywood/youth market, she is getting to old to build her career in romantic leads. The Scarlett Johannsons and Natalie Portmans are nipping at her heels.
I like her even though she seems a little too needy for our attention, and it's possible that she can cash in her fame and lakability for a more interesting, smaller film career. I hope she does.
Um-likability. :)
Some actors do not act. Some actors give wonderful performances by just saying the words. Watch Paul Newman. Most of the time, he just says the words. Contrast this to Al Pacino, who always has to put something "on" the words. Both fine performers, and who can say who is the better actor? I think Al is a little over the top sometimes, but that's me.
Keanu may turn out to be a "say the words" sort of actor. I will rent this movie based on Stephanie's description of his performance, and because I liked Sandra Bullock in "Crash".
And on acting and crying? I learned that as soon as those tears leave your eyes, the audience loses the tension. If YOU cry, the audience doesn't have to. But if you keep choking those tears back, you break our hearts. Think of the best crying scenes you ever saw, you'll see what I mean.
My husband, when asked a preference for such things, says, "Seeing a pussy is like seeing the sunrise-no matter what it looks like-you're happy to be there..."
I have a "sprayer" on the floor of my building. I know who she is, but haven't seen her do the deed since I unmasked her. It's not like we work in a goddamn bus station--I am sure that this bathroom is cleaned at least three times a day. It is only dirty when they squirter gets through with it. What kind of grown woman sprays her piss all over a toilet set and then just walks away? Grrr.
The doctors told my father that if he didn't stop drinking, he would die. A few years later, at 56, he did.
I never confronted my father about his drinking. His third and fourth wife did that enough. the fact is, he was going to drink himself to death no matter what, and I knew that. I saw it in the future as inevitably as the sun coming up.
I have no guilt about not "intervening", even though my stepmother asked me to. My father and I were not close enough for me to be the one.
His tombstone reads, "We're not here for a long time, just a good time."
So rest in peace, Daddy.
Jennifer Aniston should become a producer in more than name only. She has the money and juice to get things done. Salma Hayek and Sandra Bullock don't wait for anyone. The are real producers. Make the work, Jen. No one is going to do it for you.
I can't get on board with the "adopt American first" crowd. A child is a child, on the planet, somewhere. Aids, poverty and orphan infected Africa arguably has more need for recognition in general than the US. I am NO fan of Madonna, but I give her a break. She has the money to adopt a child from whatever country grants her the right. Who cares? I find it very difficult to believe that the father would not know what was happening. What, Madonna doesn't have a lawyer? Please. These things were all taken care of, but when the cameras started rolling the bio-father now has a story. I'm not buying it. Absolutely there should checks on baby-buying and care taken to make sure uneducated birth parents are not exploited, but, if people want to adopt, just leave them the hell alone.
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"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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