Letters, May 21, 1979

Woody's World

To the Editors: The world is as it should be, with Woody Allen on your cover [April 30].

Gabe Gibbons Houston

Woody is one who is a Great Reflector of our national psyche.

Sherman Shand New Orleans

Woody Allen a genius? Well, if he is, he is a sick one. He and his characters are so trapped in themselves and their hang-ups, sex and masochism that they don't know the world out here is beautiful and that most people aren't like that.

Katherine Hoyer St. Louis

Far be it from my missionary zeal to suggest Christianity as a cure for Woody Allen's suffering....

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