Letters

THERE IS A REASON WHY MR. COTHRAN'S SOCIAL PLANS FELL THROUGH -- HE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL, MEAN-SPIRITED, PETTY, RACIST MAN. I WONDER WHO HE WILL NEXT HUMILIATE WHEN HIS NEXT DATE INEVITABLY CANCELS.

JEANINE DONOHUE
PACIFIC HEIGHTS

Um, How About Seeing the Play Before You Write In
MICHAEL SCOTT MOORE, YOU ARE RUDE, JUST PLAIN RUDE, IN YOUR REVIEW OF PAPER SON ("AMERICAN DREAMING," STAGE, JAN. 13). WERE YOU IN A BAD MOOD THAT DAY? BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST HORRIBLY CUTTING IN YOUR REMARKS ABOUT BYRON YEE'S PERFORMANCE, WRITING, AND DIRECTION.

NOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN MR. YEE'S SHOW YET, BUT I RESENT YOUR DENIGRATING REMARKS ABOUT ACTORS AND ACTING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AN ACTOR, BUT WHY DON'T YOU TRY GETTING UP ON A STAGE AND OPENING UP YOUR SOUL TO STRANGERS? ONE-PERSON SHOWS ARE NOT EASY, AND ACTING IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT LOOKS. IT IS A VERY COMPLEX JOB WHICH ENTAILS MUCH WORK, THOUGHT, PREPARATION, AND PHYSICAL EXERTION. SO QUIT FLINGING THE MUD.

NO MATTER WHERE I'VE LIVED, THERE ARE ALWAYS CANTANKEROUS PEOPLE REVIEWING THEATER WHO NEVER SEE A PRODUCTION THEY LIKE. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHY DO YOU REMAIN A THEATER REVIEWER? IF YOU HAVE NO LOVE FOR THEATER, AND NO APPRECIATION FOR ACTORS -- THEN DON'T DO THE JOB. NUFF SAID. PRINT MY LETTER.

E.A. STRONG
VIA INTERNET

Correction
In the Jan. 27 Night Crawler column, we mistakenly identified the French musical movement ye-ye as yu-yu. We regret the error, are embarrassed, and blame it on Kenneth Starr