Butting Heads Over TV Cartoon

Relocating “Beavis and Butt-head” was a fair compromise for people on both sides of the issue, yet the swiftness and willingness of MTV is not enough in some people’s minds (“Child’s Death Prompts MTV to Retool ‘Beavis,’ ” Oct. 14). MTV’s motives should not be questioned as to why the move was made but accepted with gratitude and happiness that this was not dragged out.

WINDY GUERRA

Costa Mesa

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Beavis and Butt-head are not meant to be role models. They are not meant to educate the youth of America. What they are meant to do is be funny, and at that they succeed. They’re the two losers we all had in our ninth-grade biology class who did nothing but sit in the back of the class and screw around with the Bunsen burners.

I am willing to admit that the show is for adolescents and adults and that I do not think small children should watch. I also agree with taking the show out of its 7 p.m. time slot, but for parents who say they have no control over what their kids watch and that the show should be taken off the air, here’s an idea: Turn the TV off. Or get rid of the TV and give your kids a book. But I’m not your kid, so stop telling me what to watch.

LUKE MANNIX

Capistrano Beach

A Worthy Bowers Exhibit

I am sorry Cathy Curtis did not take her zealous discussion of culture and art at the Bowers Museum (“South American Cultures From the Wrong Angle,” Oct. 19) into its other temporary exhibit, “Memories, Milestones & Miracles,” which features first-rank artists dealing with issues of breast cancer and most certainly includes sharp commentary on the breast in art and culture, present or absent.

This exhibit meets much of Curtis’ criteria: It does “present compelling information in a coherent fashion”; it is “the occasional show that questioned the holy cows of Western culture” and “the anthropological context is always important.”

But above all, there is a “clear central theme”--that breast cancer strikes one in nine women now. Who among us does not have nine very dear female friends or relatives? Curtis might have gained perspective on her cultural fuss over Amazon feathers by flocking next door. The Bowers curators should be commended for consistently exquisite exhibits.

CAROL COLLINS

Santa Ana