Nobody’s a critic Thanks for a very enlightening article respecting the state of formal and credentialed art criticism in America as it impacts Central Virginia [“Do the arts mean anything to anybody anymore?” March 30]. One might better ask “Why do today’s critics in the arts have less impact on public tastes and community public […]
Clearing the Fog When someone takes a strong opinion into the theater, they miss things. This may be the reason why Kent Williams’ recent review of Errol Morris’ documentary The Fog of War [Film, March 30] was dominated by details ridiculed out of context, attacks on partial quotes and generalized bitter invective aimed at deterring […]
For Christ’s sake A friend once told me that every time he sees Sissy Spacek, he envisions her as Carrie, covered in pig’s blood. Well, that macabre visual must have stuck in Mel Gibson’s head, too, since it is seemingly the primary inspiration for his film The Passion of the Christ. Kent Williams gives a […]
Lowry’s losin’ it Rich Lowry’s propaganda piece, “Is chastity cool?” [Right Turn, March 16], manages to both distort the few facts that are provided while also completely failing to address findings that run counter to his conservative agenda. While Lowry admits, “it is difficult to disentangle the causes of the current trend towards less teenage […]
Have some faith Kent Williams: I read your review of The Passion of the Christ today in the March 9 C-VILLE [“The gospel according to Mel,” Film]. While I understand that subjectivity, rather than objectivity, is permissible in writing movie reviews, your article is painfully lacking in references. You make claims, as fact, based only […]
Educate yourself In your February 24 article “Who is the real Rob Bell?” you included a section called “Bell’s bills.” H.B. 675—qualifications for providing home instruction—was one of the bills. You correctly cited your source at http://legis.state.va.us/. Unfortunately, the source is inaccurate. You would think the official site would be accurate concerning current laws. Below […]
Royal flush You know what the water bureaucrats have been doing in the two years since the drought of 2002? [“Hard water,” December 2, 2002] Revising drought numbers left over from 1930. No new pipes, no new pumps, no new dams. Just fiddling with numbers. That’s what they told City Council in their report on […]
Put away your toys I am writing to protest vociferously the articles in the issue on sex toys, etc. [“Boy toys,” February 10]. I am not a prude, but I thought them abhorrent. I realize that Charlottesville is a student center, but that stuff needs to be confined to a frat e-mail listserve, if anything […]
Dream on What a wonderful contribution your new supplement FLOW is to the well-being of our community! Dreams can definitely be an important avenue to personal growth, and I am glad you interviewed me and others on the topic in C-VILLE [“Vision quest,” FLOW, January 27]. I want to underline here the value of dream […]
Mixed signals I am pretty shocked that C-VILLE Weekly decided to publish Chris Smith’s right-wing editorial rant in the guise of a review of The Revolution Will Not be Televised [Film, February 24]. Smith builds a false case against the movie by avoiding any information that might shed light on the events he described, building […]