Letters: Jul. 25, 1969

In the Eyes of the Beholders

Sir: All right, let's admit sex is great [July 11]! But when it hits you in the eye with belted monotony on the screen, in books, on the stage under the pretentious guise of the "new morality" (i.e., dressed-up smut) I find it quite tiresome. There's nothing funnier than a good dirty joke, and nothing flatter than a poor one. Seems to me, the plethora of poor ones going the rounds these days is all one hears. Who's laughing?

VIRGINIA U. PROUT

Greenwich, Conn.

Sir: How healthy that the...

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