Mail from our readers
Muy Linda
I can't tell you how delighted I was to see Linda Hamilton back
where she belongs — on the silver screen, in Terminator 2. Hamilton's
transformation from television's highbrow beauty to the lean, haunted
Sarah Connor was inspirational.
Catherine Edwards
Louisville, Ky.
Last Respects
The nostalgic picture of Michael Landon was perfect. It showed the
face I fell in love with as a little girl. There was just one
problem: I'm sure it was really supposed to be the cover story. No
offense to Arnold, whom I love, but he shouldn't have been on the
cover of the same magazine with Landon's last story.
Teresa Green
Anchorage, Alaska
'GH' Face Lift
General Hospital was once a good show. But Gloria Monty has
created ''Monty Hour'' and left the original concept of the hospital in
the dust with the ratings.
Kevin J. Fay
Bloomfield, N.J.
I want to thank Gloria Monty for returning as producer of what is
once again daytime's best soap. Robert Scorpio and his TV wife, Anna,
are the Nick and Nora Charles of daytime. Also, the return of Tony
Geary with a new identity is just what the doctor ordered.
A. Hildebrand
Tampa, Fla.
Teen Problems
In the sidebar that accompanied the review of my book, Teenage
Wasteland, Tina Jordan quotes me as saying, ''First, we can change
laws that affect young people by liberalizing abortion, drinking-age,
even car-cruising laws.''
What I actually said was that young people are in the curious
position of seeing the age of eligibility for the death penalty
lowered at the same time that the drinking age is being raised. As
the adult authority structure continues to fail to provide for young
people, new laws restricting cruising, drinking, and cigarette
smoking simply seem petty and punitive to teens. Finally, limiting
minors' access to abortion may have serious ramifications — the terror
of an unplanned pregnancy is often a precipitating factor in female
adolescent suicide.
Donna Gaines
Carle Place, N.Y.
Shock Treatment
I hope your readership is educated enough to know that N.W.A do
not represent the black perspective on life. What they do represent
is shock rap, which sells a lot of records. I only hope that one day
positive rap will be as popular as negative rap is right now and such
artists as KRS-One, Queen Latifah, Chubb Rock, Poor Righteous
Teachers, Harmony, and Public Enemy will get their due respect.
Christine Pryor
East Orange, N.J.
Sleepers
Thank you for what I know were countless hours of wandering,
zombielike, through video stores (''100 Best Movies You've Never Heard
Of). May I humbly add two films? First, The Creator. Who on earth
can play an eccentric better than Peter O'Toole? Second, Inside
Moves, an which is absolute sweetheart of a movie about a bunch of
down-and-outers with a dream.
Kevin J. Johnson
Blasdell, N.Y.
In the case of Withnail & I, mentioning Withnail (Richard E.
Grant) without mentioning ''I'' (Paul McGann) is like discussing Thelma
without Louise. You might also add Pretty Poison, Rikky & Pete, and
the uncut version of Wickerman to your next list of overlooked gems.
Robert F. Drake
Miami
Riding 'Hood'
I take issue with Owen Gleiberman's review of Boyz N the Hood. The
film is about people in an urban hellhole and the hopelessness
therein, and he claims there's not enough story in that? I hope his
B- review does not discourage the viewing of this film and that our
white brothers and sisters will appreciate and understand some of
what black children are exposed to in their lifetimes.
Mara Kiffin
Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Corrections: Many vigilant readers caught the omission of one of Arnold's few lines of dialogue in the first Terminator. The missing line is ''Give me your address there.''
Our ''100 Best Movies'' feature had George Sand pining for Franz Liszt in Impromptu; she actually pined for Frederic Chopin. And it was David Carradine, not his brother Keith, who starred in Death Race 2000.
