Letters to the Editor
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A few comments
1- What is embarassing about choosing to take a well paid job as an actress in an Oliver Stone movie? The Larry Flynt movie was no more controversial than JFK, and I don't see any criticism here for any of the men who took unsavory character parts in that film. This small bit is an excellent example of the bias and preconceived crap in this article.
2- Is CL punk? I don't know. Is Nirvana punk? I don't know that either, but if one is, the other is. What is punk? Compared to Black Flag, Youth Brigade, and a bunch of others, Nirvana is just some white boys from the 'burbs playing at punk. That said, I like Nirvana - a lot - but are they punk? I really don't think so.
3- Writing her own lyrics is an issue, I saw some musicianship issues, etc. What is this? The Sex Pistols were arguably the greatest punk band ever, but, in the beginning, they could barely, and I mean barely, play their instruments. Musicianship wasn't why we listened to them - it was something else. If you don't know what it was, I can't explain it to you, but it had nothing whatever to do with who wrote the lyrics.
My $0.02