A SMART MEDIA SATIRE WITH A BREAKTHROUGH ROLE
"You've perfectly captured the paradox that is Jim Carrey: a man who has grown past, but still remains, the frightening mask of mirth." STEPHEN GERALD KENT Cranbrook, B.C.
I was happy to see such a great article about Jim Carrey [CINEMA, June 1]. I have been a Carrey fan from the beginning and am excited by his new movie, The Truman Show. I know he is actually a great actor, not just a clown. This movie will change his career and will prove to the world that he is not merely a one-joke man but is one of the best actors Hollywood has to offer! ERIC SNYDER Gilbert, Ariz.
Am I subscribing to PEOPLE magazine? To put Frank Sinatra and then Carrey on consecutive covers at a time when India explodes its first nuclear bomb, Indonesia's ruler of 32 years steps down and the Department of Justice sues Microsoft is unconscionable. JEFF NIELSEN Corvallis, Ore.
Carrey on the cover? I couldn't have been more underwhelmed had you picked Jerry Springer. DAVID C. WOLF Kenner, La.
You referred to The Truman Show as "the summer's smartest movie." Um, I hate to point this out to you, folks, but in a season filled with a giant radioactive lizard and big ole asteroids, it doesn't take much to be smart! ZACK HANDLEN Lyman, Maine
BIPIN SHAH RESPONDS
Sadly, many of TIME's readers who wrote in response to Steve Lopez's well-crafted and balanced story about my search for my two daughters [SOCIETY, May 11] just don't get it. Whether readers love me, hate me or believe I'm arrogant doesn't really matter. My sole concern is for my two little girls, abducted illegally by their mother, my ex-wife, nearly a year ago. My heart breaks when I ponder where they are running to now. How will this end? How will this emotionally affect two innocent children? What lessons are we teaching our children? Run if you can't get your way?
Is it fair for children to be used as pawns by one parent to punish the other? My ex-wife and Faye Yager, who runs an illegal underground network, don't speak for my children. They don't speak for me. Yet, in concert, they removed my daughters' rights to see me and my rights as a parent to see them. I find that reprehensible. One of your readers characterized Yager as a saint. Mother Teresa was a saint. She never broke the law or lived a life-style separate from that of the people she helped. Yager is no Mother Teresa.
Why is it that when a marriage dissolves, women are always characterized as victims? There are good men in this world, just as there are bad women. BIPIN C. SHAH Rosemont, Pa.
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