LETTERS TO L.A. LIFE : COMMENTS ON UN-PC PLOT SPARK CRIES OF CENSORSHIP.Only one thing is worse than the production of ``Marvin and Mel'' - and that's Daryl H. Miller's (April 27) review of it. Miller's insistence that plays be politically correct politically correct Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but is outdated, stifling and an attempt at censorship. There is something that's worse than a couple of white guys doing the work for a Latino lady - and that's your advising us, the writers and the theater - that it's not politically correct to do so. That's attempted censorship - either the play has to follow the liberal, ``correct'' party line or it shouldn't be done. Fortunately, common sense will prevail and it's the audience that will determine the success or failure of a play. The audience will want to be entertained, challenged and not stifled by attempts at political correctness politically correct adj. Abbr. PC 1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. . - John Buchman Studio City Kudos due to Rosenthal for bringing us `dessert' All those times I wanted to write columnist Phil Rosenthal This article is about the columnist. For the television producer, see Philip Rosenthal Phil Rosenthal (born 1963) has been media columnist for the Chicago Tribune since the spring of 2005. to tell him I'd enjoyed (or been moved to tears by) his column, and now he's leaving! So this is my last chance. Rosenthal's column has long been my ``dessert'' reading, to be enjoyed after getting through the main sections. He always entertained or enlightened, whether it was putting the Simpson trial in a new light, or trying to show TV executives how they could do so much more. Occasionally, he got personal, which columnists are allowed to do, and we shared his pain when he wrote of his late father. When he ``volunteered'' to do stand-up comedy  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. for a benefit, I
felt I'd been up on stage with him.
Now he's off to new challenges, and Chicago readers will be lucky if you treat them with your special insights and wit. Best of luck! -Susan Pasternak North Hollywood Thanks and good wishes from faithful fan of Phil Just a note of appreciation for all the good articles Phil Rosenthal has written for the Daily News over these years. I've never missed even one for a long, long time. I shall miss his banter and serious moments. I wish him great success and fulfillment in his new position. - Ella Tennis Woodland Hills Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Phil Rosenthal's last column appeared April 28. He is now the deputy sports editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper at the Chicago Sun-Times This article is about the Chicago newspaper. For the Canadian newspaper, see Owen Sound Sun Times. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago. . So many new channels, so little to watch on them Believe it or not, there was a time when most television series aired 39 new episodes a year with 13 new episodes of a ``summer replacement'' show to fill the gap. Over the years the 39 figure gradually reduced to 36, 32, 30, 26, 24, 22 and now 20, with the gap filled by reruns, and today networks even program reruns along with new episodes either back-to-back or twice a week. So why the panic that cable systems with only 54-channel capacity can't accommodate the TV Land '60s simulation cable network? Remember, when those shows first aired, most cities only had two or three channels. And no matter how many channels your cable system offers, you can only watch one at a time. - Rick Rofman Van Nuys Don't kill off `Murder One' before fan base can build I am writing to join in my praise and pleading with Donna Cramer (April 28) to keep ``Murder One'' on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . It is like a good book that you just can't put down and there is no turning to the last page to see whodunit. I am an ``ER'' fan too and I didn't understand why ABC would put ``Murder One'' up against the No. 1 show on TV, already with an established following, before it was one month into its first season. But once it moved to Monday nights, I was hooked. I don't understand why ABC seems to cancel shows that critics acclaim and that don't live up to the ratings in their first season, like ``My So-Called Life My So-Called Life is an American television teen drama created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz that aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995. .'' I don't want that to happen to ``Murder One.'' NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and Fox, to name just a couple, have hits now that started off slow in their first season, such as ``Wings,'' ``Party of Five,'' ``Melrose Place'' and ``Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , 90210.'' Let word of mouth work before you decide to rip one of the best shows off TV. - Jody Muir Glendale |
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