The Pain That Matters
I agree with Howard Rosenberg that Jay Leno’s eulogy for his father was heartfelt and touching (“Jay Leno’s Eulogy Does His Dad Proud,” Aug. 29). I was moved but couldn’t help being annoyed, especially by Leno’s comments that “it’s lonely at the top.”
Looking back a few months, it would have been nice for President Clinton to have had a breather when his mother passed away. Not only were there picketers at the funeral but political foes; and comics, including Leno, didn’t let up on their attacks on the President for even a week. One could only begin to guess at the meaning of “lonely at the top.”
It is reminiscent of Joan Rivers’ anorexia jokes about the late Karen Carpenter with no regard for Carpenter’s family or basic decency. But when Rivers lost her husband, Edgar, to suicide, she was sobbing all over TV and initiating a lawsuit.
We all have pain in our lives, but it’s sad to think that some people feel that theirs is all that matters.
JANICE HARDING-SMITH
Long Beach
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