Streamtuner2 is an internet radio browser. It is able to play back streams using WMA, MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC streams and can also record these into several formats. Fax: (213) 237-7630.Screamer Radio is a free internet radio client with recording abilities. Mail to Calendar Letters, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles 90053. Too bad “Bound by Honor” director Taylor Hackford didn’t follow his own successful formula when he produced “La Bamba.”īrief letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone. You would think that producers would learn their lesson. Yet the movie “La Bamba” made millions while recent violent Latin-oriented films have been flops financially. Hollywood seems to prefer to depict Latinos mostly as gangbangers, and anything else is viewed with disdain. I read Terry Pristin’s article on the Latino community’s continuing problem with crime films with interest (“A Matter of ‘Honor,’ ” May 21). Where does Valdez think future Chicano and Mexicano actors are coming from if not from the few films that deal with “Mexican” and Chicano themes?Īs a member of the Chicano community of East Los(t) Angeles and a consultant to Taylor Hackford’s “Bound by Honor,” I was angered by Kenneth Turan’s review “ ‘Bound by Honor’-Boyz ‘n the Barrio?” (April 30).Īs far as the “multitude of similarities” “Bound by Honor” shares with “American Me”: It shares a similar culture, so why shouldn’t it have similarities? And how many films share similarities? Westerns? Boy meets girl? Family sagas? Why is it that in our society, in our media, one must be black or white to see themselves? They were great Mexicans and patriots who were extraordinarily and justifiably proud of their Native Mexican heritage.įor Valdez to pick Raul Julia (not a Mexican) to play Diego Rivera and Laura San Giacomo (not a Mexican) to play one of the Kahlo roles is a betrayal to his Mexican heritage. You betrayed them, and you are, without shame, ready to betray them again.ĭiego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were more than just outstanding painters. Luis Valdez, your people didn’t betray you. ![]() In “Rethinking Kahlo as ‘Two Fridas’ ” (Calendar, May 19), Luis Valdez cries that he was “betrayed” by his people in his earlier attempt to do a film about Frida Kahlo. Far from perfect, its flaws did not negate my opinion that it was a worthwhile piece of television entertainment. I enjoyed “Wild Palms” as a highly intelligent metaphor speaking to one of the ‘90s’ great paradigms: societal malaise via passivity and fetishism incited by our political system and the modern “arts.” As social commentary, the show was well-informed and substantial as art, it was original and clever. Planning to watch the show regardless of the reviews, I was disappointed to find that one who rallies against the sensationalism and superficiality of modern television had found the show so abysmal. I held onto Howard Rosenberg’s dismissal of “Wild Palms” (“ ‘Wild Palms’: Mind-Melting Techno-Babble,” May 14) to compare it to the series. ![]() The others of us are very much alive and, if not kicking, certainly happily moving on. Last year we did regrettably lose original cast member Cameron (Rick) Mason. I thank Talcove for coming to our defense, and, to clear up any further misunderstandings on this matter, there were eight original men on the line, plus two others. Aguilar in his obituary about the demise of all but two of the original “17” male cast members: ![]() In reply to the letter by Rick Talcove (“Aguilar and ‘Chorus Line,’ ” Saturday Letters, May 22) to correct the statement attributed to Thomas J. I simply feel I have been wronged when, on the eve of our film’s introduction to the worldwide community, my hometown newspaper denigrates the work without giving it fair consideration. I am a young, independent, award-winning filmmaker who has struggled for four years to bring this challenging feature to completion. Obviously, my work was categorized and therefore judged purely on the basis of the full-page announcement in the Cannes issue of Variety, which also in no way warrants a comparison to those other films.
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