COUNTERPUNCH LETTERS : Was Midlife Crisis Theory About ‘Babe’ a Hit or a Miss?

Jerry Colburn’s theory on “Babe” was a bit farfetched (“Lingering Over the Lessons of ‘Babe,’ ” Counterpunch, Feb. 26). How he could speculate that “Babe” is about midlife crisis was amusing. He reminds me of the psychiatrist who thought Disneyland was filled with sexual symbols.

He refers to the movie letting us feel sympathy for the animals’ mortal condition as an aside--not as the primary issue. The next time you eat bacon or ham, or any animal, remember that it once was a living being who felt pain, starvation, thirst, separation and profound abuses at the hands of humans.

The next time Colburn eats pork chops, I hope he doesn’t see that as a midlife crisis too.

KADY LANE

Los Angeles

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Jerry Colburn, right on! “Babe” is not a movie about a talking pig but a story about life and many of its facets. The animals are just the delivery vehicle for this outstanding story. Much credit is due all involved in making such an artistic, innovative, original and entertaining endeavor.

PHRONSIE O’BRIEN

Palmdale