LETTERS TO L.A. LIFE: NO BROWNIE POINTS FOR WHIPP.Dear L.A. Life: Regarding the cover story on space movies (March 10, ``Is there life in space movies?''), your writer Glenn Whipp comments that ``Battlefield Earth'' finds Scientologist John Travolta scoring brownie points with his sect for starring in this adaption adaption see adaptation. of movement founder L. Ron Hubbard's ``evil alien novel.'' I wonder, would Mr. Whipp comment similarly on the religious or cultural affiliation of other filmmakers? ``Jew Mel Brooks stirs the chicken soup chicken soup Chicken broth Folk medicine Jewish penicillin A fowl broth with a long tradition as a home remedy for URIs, which may be a nasal decongestant, inhibit growth of pneumococci in vitro, and stimulate immune responsiveness in WBCs Mainstream medicine A with Hasidic jokes in `Space Balls' ''? As long as such religious bigotry is tolerated in the press (and yes, the Church of Scientology Church of Scientology: see Scientology, Church of. is a bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being religion, recognized as such by both respected religious scholars and the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , no matter Mr. Whipp's educated opinion) our artistic and cultural freedoms will remain in jeopardy. Mr. Whipp has the perfect right to trash John Travolta's artistic efforts if he doesn't like them. But neither he, nor me, nor thee has the license to trash (Travolta's) religious affiliation in the process. It certainly scored no ``brownie points'' with me concerning Mr. Whipp's intelligence or artistic discernment. - Michael Lewis Valley Village |
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