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Just wanted to thank you for the service you provide with your Summer Movie Preview [May 25]. While I, of course, eagerly await the three s's of summer--Spider-Man, Shrek, and Stepford Wives--the extensive marketing campaigns of the major studios guarantee that every man, woman, and child know when and where those films will open. Meanwhile, independent gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender transgender or transgendered
adj.
Transsexual.
 films don't have the promotional budgets and get lost in the shuffle. Thanks to your rundown, I am now aware of (and look forward to) Testosterone, Cowboys & Angels, Proteus, Twist, and--specially--The 24th Day.

And speaking of those wives from Stepford, Alonso Duralde's interview with Nicole Kidman ["Welcome to Summer Camp"] shed a new light on her. Although I "always found her to be an excellent actress who made interesting choices (from Satine in Moulin Rouge Coordinates:

Moulin Rouge (French for Red Mill or windmill) is a traditional cabaret, built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who already owned the Paris Olympia.
 to Virginia Woolf Noun 1. Virginia Woolf - English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, Woolf
 in The Hours), she seemed rather distant. Your interview revealed her to be charming, sharp, and accessible, with a keen sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
sense of humour, humor, humour
 and a natural warmth for her gay fans. Bravo.

Mark Salzberg, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif.
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Author:Salzberg, Mark
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 22, 2004
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