Just Who’s Really Being Bombastic?

I attended Michael Bolton’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl and couldn’t disagree with Robert Hilburn more (“5 Million Fans Can Be Wrong!,” July 15). “Bombastic” was one of several nasty descriptive words he used in his review. The general meaning for bombastic is “pompous,” and there is nothing pompous about Bolton. It is Hilburn who appears to be pompous. His description of Bolton’s performance was actually a very good description, if applied to himself instead of the performer.

Hilburn mentioned that “many of the female fans shrieked and howled.” Well, there were several males behaving in a similar fashion.

Without attacking Hilburn the way he attacks others, I truly wonder if he has been on the job too long. It’s a shame that someone such as Bolton, who gives his fans the opportunity to find some enjoyment and happiness in a time when people face too many problems, has to suffer at Hilburn’s hands in this fashion.

S. L. FUKUMOTO

Hawthorne