Sending the World a U.S. Image
The Counterpunch by Jeff Wald, “Show Business and the Fear of Failure” (March 23), had this paragraph: “Our film industry is one of our strongest ‘American Exports’ and still sets the standard for the rest of the world. The visions we create in movies and television are the windows the rest of the world use to view us.”
Maybe this explains why we seem to be having worldwide problems. How can we engender the respect of people in other countries if we are viewed as movies and TV depict us, a nation of idiots, obsessed with sex and violence and whose everyday language is peppered with profanities?
This citizen does not wish to be viewed by his international brothers and sisters as we are being portrayed by the Hollywood and TV moguls.
M. DONALD LAITY
San Clemente
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