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OFF THE MARK
If all it takes to appear on the cover of your magazine (#153,
Jan. 15) is a set of well-defined pecs, a rippled stomach, and an
average all-American face, then where is my cover story?
David Hirsh
Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Thank you for letting your readers get to know Marky — rap's
incredible white-boy transplant. He makes me yearn for the street
lingo of Vanilla Ice. Marky Mark is so full of crap he'll need extra
Calvins to cover his mouth.
Ted Allen
Philadelphia
If you are going to nonchalantly print nude pictures of women (#143, 153, 154), then it only seems fair that you should oblige your
female readers with some nude males. In fact, you should have started
with Marky Mark.
Lori Ray
Fort Ord, Calif.
Marky Mark on the cover? Well, okay. I guess we see those pecs in
any publication we read nowadays. However, I think that a more
appropriate write-up on this particular beefcake would have been
''Marky Mark: Duuhh.''
Allison Merritt
El Sobrante, Calif.
OVERRATED
Your article on the MPAA's hypocrisy involving the NC-17 rating
raised some interesting problems for readers of your magazine. In
#141, the F-word was used on page 20, yet later in the very same issue
the word was censored. Similar words were edited in articles
involving Tom Cruise, Kurt Cobain, and Jon Bon Jovi, among others, in
no less than six different issues. Female breasts and male and female
buttocks have appeared in several issues, including the last one, yet
a recent photo of an all-nude Madonna was blacked out. It seems as if
EW's policies involving sex and language are as loose and undefined
as the MPAA's. Let's face it: No matter how you cut it, censorship is
nothing but a load of bulls--t (sic).
Gary Tellalian
Los Angeles
THE NAME GAME
I enjoyed Dave DiMartino's article on recycled rock band names.
However, Toad the Wet Sprocket isn't an original name either. There
was a British metal group that recorded in the late '70s under the
same name (taken from a Monty Python sketch). It really is tough to
come up with an original name these days.
Bryan Cline
Gilbert, W.Va.
HEAT-SEEKING MISSIVE
Contrary to what appeared in your article entitled ''The Heat Is
On'' (#152, Jan. 8), no portion of the Patriot Games budget was caused
by ''poor prepping.'' We had adequate preproduction time, the picture
was meticulously prepped, and we had allowed for an accelerated
postproduction schedule when budgeting the film. The film came in on
budget. Considering the cooperation we gave you in covering the
production of Patriot Games, I'm astounded by this kind of totally
unfounded reporting.
Mace Neufeld
Paramount Pictures
Hollywood
Editor's Note: Neufeld produced Patriot Games. We regret the error.
