LETTERS

Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces



I Loved Your Cover Model Choice!


Oh Please! This is the girl that you picked for the cover model search? Isn't this girl a model already? I've seen her before. She's in those Rehab party flyers and/or in those Hard Rock Hotel ads. I mean if you were gonna pick this bitch, you might as well be predictable by putting some blonde, blue-eyed girl who is tits-n-assed out, or better, you should have picked one of those male contestants. That would've blown everybody's mind away including mine. Shit, we women want to see some guys, too, on the cover. Do you think just only men pick up the Weekly? This is the reason why I gotta get out of this f--king town. You media people don't know what you want. You're so fickle!




A Satisfied Reader





I'm Obsessed With My Theory of Leftist Conspiracies That Have Little To Do With Las Vegas


To the Editor:


Senator Joe Lieberman lost the Connecticut primary in a major upset to a dark horse named Edward "Ned" Lamont. I was scratching my head regarding who Ned Lamont is. Then I took a look in a book called The Shadows of Power, by James Perloff, and found that Thomas W. Lamont, Ned's great-grandfather, and a partner with banking magnate J.P. Morgan, helped persuade the British government at the end of World War I to accept the new Soviet regime. He helped negotiate the Versailles Treaty, was key in launching the Federal Reserve, and his family became a backer of extreme left-wing organizations. His son Thomas S. Lamont, Ned's grandfather, a vice chairman of Morgan Guaranty Trust, funded left-wing causes such as the Communist Party.


Like the Rockefellers, the Lamonts epitomize that strange phenomenon of the super-rich who support and promote socialist, communist and internationalist causes.


No wonder Ned was surrounded at his victory speech by Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters and other leftists.


Sincerely,




Frank M. Pelteson





Starting The Josh Bell Fan Club


Mr. Bell,


I cannot tell you how much I enjoy reading your stuff. Anytime I get the Las Vegas Weekly, I skip right on over to the parts that you write. In the film reviews, if it doesn't have a JB at the bottom, I'm not reading it. I especially liked the article you wrote (awhile back) about Steve Wynn. Hilarious! I am proud that Las Vegas has you as a critic. I think you obviously have the talent to go the next level and one day you might have your own show like Ebert and Roeper.


Anyway, I know you are a busy critic, but I wanted to ask if writing has always come naturally for you or if you had to work on it? Or a little of both. I understand that you may not reply because you are very busy, so I understand completely if you do not write back.


Also, you have a great grasp of what makes a good film—why don't you write scripts?


Thank you,


A fan,




Amy




Josh Bell responds:
Although I've worked on a couple of scripts on my own, breaking into Hollywood is very tough and involves a lot of creative compromise. And I get just as much satisfaction from writing reviews, which doesn't require schmoozing.




Ever Think Of Helping her?


In response to a letter on August 17 called "They Come Out at Night," I was curious about what Pamela Tignor wrote about a little old lady who lives on the concrete benches that face Stewart St. at the courthouse, so I did some investigating myself. I made it a point to pass by the area as often as I could to see if the little old lady was really there. Well, let me say that Pamela is right, the little old lady is really there, all day long. I took a video of her just this morning, August 31, 2006, 6:30 a.m. It shows the severe state of deterioration that her legs and feet are in, and it also indicates that she is almost blind.


I asked around about the old lady, and was told that she's been hanging around the courthouse for about a year now, and no one at the courthouse has ever asked her if she needs medical, or social service help. So, I guess the old lady will remain a part of the courthouse landscape until they carry her away in a body bag.


Link to my video of the old lady who lives at the courthouse, below:



http://www.scrlv.com/hpg/WMM_240210180_LIGHT.SWF




Ruby Mendez





Toni's Talent and Race


Regarding your three questions with Toni Braxton on August 24: Here we go again— the "race card" is used by Ms. Braxton accounting for her poor reviews. Couldn't be that she isn't as talented as Gladys Knight is (who did well in the same spot for years)? Ms. Braxton's last CD bombed and her hit songs are from quite a few years ago. Face up to your lack of talent instead of blaming it on race.


P.S.: Last time I looked, Gladys Knight is black.




Robert Lepore





Toni's Talent and Race, Part II


Having just finished reading Spencer Patterson's interview with Toni Braxton I feel that I must take issue with some of her statements. None of the reviews of her show said anything about her race or gender. The comments were that the show was not smooth and needed more time to get on track. All comments about her singing was positive and the way she looked was also very favorable. To bring race and gender into the picture is a cop out. I am sure Miss Braxton has been reviewed many times, both good and bad, and why she had to bring race into the picture is something I cannot understand.


I was going to go to see Miss Braxton but I think I'll go see the Blue Man Group, because under that makeup you can't tell the color of anyone's skin.




Elliott Gunty


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