Asking Hollywood to Clean Up Its Act

This letter was prompted after reading the “In the Know” column (June 30) and the article “Can They Save Summer?” It talked about the concerns studios are having with a declining box office, a big smash opening and then lagging attendance.

Wise up, you jerks. Give us a few films that depict real people behaving and speaking realistically.

I am an old man, over 70 years here in Southern California. We like movies; we are complaining about the gratuitous use of profanity. Why do they (producers, writers, directors) do it? Do these folks talk like that?

Why is Hollywood so obsessed with throwing crude, foul language at the people who buy the tickets? It is an insult to my intelligence.

Adult viewers know all the words, so there is no shock value; it does not create instant sexual arousal; it merely makes an on-screen character unbelievable.

DANIEL D. HUSTON

Laguna Beach