Home
ALL THE BEST
YOUR BEST of 1995 was outstanding (#307/308, Dec. 29/Jan. 5). Andrew Eccles' picture of the Friends cast was wonderful, only to be topped by David LaChapelle's photo of David Duchovny. This proves that EW is not only one of the best-written magazines, it is also one of the most visually stunning. LARS PASTERNACK Chicago
SO THE USUAL SUSPECTS is one of the five worst movies of the year but was good enough to receive a B when it was originally reviewed? If my college professors had graded on that kind of a curve, I might have been valedictorian. DARIN BUNCH Merced, Calif.
YOUR SUFFOCATING over-coverage of Friends is really beginning to damage my impression of you. I appreciate the cast and the writing as much as the next twentysomething, and I do watch the show, but you could try a little harder to not sound like the Friends publicist. JONATHAN LYON JonLyon@aol.com New York City
I WAS BEGINNING to think I was the only person who thought Alanis Morissette was a phony! Thank you for seeing through so-called meaningful lyrics and naming her album one of the Worst of '95. JIM EWELL Lookout04@aol.com Eugene, Ore.
I DISAGREE with David Browne's judgment of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill as the year's second-worst album. It speaks of what it's like to be female in a world where the feminist movement is dead but feminism is alive and strong. To paraphrase Alanis herself, I think Browne didn't hear a damn word she said. KIMBERLY SMITH Arlington, Va.
I WAS APPALLED at the photo of David Duchovny. The lingerie-clad female mannequin sprawled behind him, mouth open, legs spread, repulsed me. CATHERINE PRICE New York City
YOUR PHOTOGRAPH of David Duchovny was eye-catching, provocative, and completely original. I imagine you'll get mail from people who hated it as much as I loved it, but I thought it was the most unique photo of a celebrity (or anyone, for that matter) that I'd seen all year. DEB SCHIMMEL Chicago
THE TWO FACES OF AIDS
HERE I AM, ready to dig in to the 1995 Year-End Issue and I am unable to get beyond the letter from Mike Rochelle. How can anyone, here on the threshold of 1996 and years into the AIDS epidemic, still have a viewpoint such as his? My assumption is that EW, being nonbiased and fair, had a duty to print his letter, hopefully to illustrate that ignorance and misinformation are still rampant. It is my hope that with next year's ''Faces of AIDS,'' people like Rochelle will have found it in their hearts to have some compassion and understanding for the people who have died and are dying from this terrible disease. AIDS doesn't care what kind of lifestyle you lead, Mr. Rochelle. STEPHEN BOYD SteverB@aol.com Villa Park, Ill.
