Letters

A A A Comments (0) Wednesday, Oct 28 1998

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-Craig Detweiler
Culver City

AS IN "SON OF STILLER"

DEAR EDITOR:
Re: "What Makes Ben Stiller" [October 9-15]. What is wrong with that Hollywood casting agent who was quoted as saying, "Ben doesn't have matinee-idol looks, but he thinks he's sexy . . . I haven't polled a lot of women, but I think there is that appeal even though, on top of everything else, he is a neurotic Jew." It is quite unfortunate that such people are making all the casting choices in this city, choices obviously fueled by ignorance and anti-Semitism.

-Ella Seton
Los Angeles

DEAR EDITOR:
Manohla Dargis' no-depth interview with Ben Stiller brought to mind a central edict of show business: "There is nothing funny about nepotism." What makes Ben Stiller run? His insatiable desire for fame, money and power, that's what.

-Mark Groubert
Hollywood

DIONYSUS RISING

DEAR EDITOR:
Has the L.A. Weekly abandoned all moral boundaries? The theater listings on your Web page announced the opening of fofo: EchoGreco as a production in the style of Cirque du Soleil, based on Greek mythology, "a one-ring circus with clowns, magic, dance, masks and even striptease." Misled by the mildness of this characterization, I took my mother to see a show that was, in fact, offensive and sexually explicit. Puppets with giant phalluses, a topless trapeze artist, "myths" that portray rape and bestiality - in a show that your critic called a "colorful theatrical spectacle."

-Monica Miller
Los Angeles

DITTO APOLLO

DEAR EDITOR:
I found your Web page quite by mistake, and I must congratulate you. It is so refreshing to find something that emphasizes the arts and culture instead of the usual trashing and dehumanizing of the city, with a constant emphasis on violence, corruption and negativism. Keep up the good work.

-Victor Hazan
Apple Valley