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STOP ALREADY
Maybe your cover (#136, Sept. 18) suggested that you were going to
''cast new light'' on Woody and Mia. But really, after we've seen it on
TV, read about it, and heard about it on the radio, it's old news.
New light or not, by now we all wish they'd turn off the light and
say goodnight. Entertainment Weekly (which I truly enjoy) needs to be
on the cutting edge, not in the mulch patch.
Edward A. Villafranca
Sheffield, Mass.
DISUNION ON THE SET
I was truly looking forward to tuning into producer Diane
English's Love & War until I read (in News & Notes) about her scab
crew. As a union worker who has been locked out of a job for the last
four months due to a newspaper strike, I'd sooner stare at a blank
wall than watch this show. Tell Diane she'd fit right in at the
Pittsburgh Press! It's not ''old-line thug tactics,'' as she puts it,
but ''New Age boycotts'' that will put an end to union busting!
D.G. Reinhart
Pittsburgh
Diane English seems to forget that American people, especially
working American people, do not like seeing union people being
replaced by scabs. I as an American will do everything in my power to
get the word out about Miss English and her show. I also plan to
write the sponsors of the program — and if it means shunning their
products, I most certainly will.
Cissy Miller
Kenner, La.
UNFIT TO A 'T'
I was disgusted to see the article about the ''Let's
'Ice'-T-shirts.'' Can we American citizens feel safe when police take
it upon themselves to rob us of our First Amendment rights, then
promote vigilante violence against an individual? A policeman's job
is to protect us, not threaten us. It seems to me that by promoting
these T-shirts the police have shown themselves to be no better than
the person they oppose.
Justin Applebury
Lebanon, Mo.
It's not okay for Ice-T to sing about being (or wanting to be) a
cop killer, but it's okay for an ex-cop to market the ''Let's
'Ice'-T-shirt''? Have IQs and ethics taken a sharp decline while
ignorance and fear skyrocket? This sort of tit-for-tat mentality is
exactly what we don't need. I guess the message that the ''former
police officer'' is sending out is ''Do as I say, not as I do.''
Scott Workman
Eugene, Ore.
HAIL TO PRINCE
So Michael Jackson and Madonna have sold more albums than Prince.
There are a lot of people who have sold more albums than Prince. But
how many can go into a studio, without a creative entourage, and
create an album? By themselves, alone? How many of their albums say,
''Written, arranged, composed, performed and produced by...''?
Brenda Manuel
Neptune, N.J.
In reply to your question, ''Is Prince really worth more money than
Madonna or Michael Jackson?'' Yes, he is.
Darrell L. Brown
Atlanta
