LETTERS

Re “Actors’ hospital to close,” Jan. 15

Oh, come on, Hollywood! Are you telling me that “the industry” can’t find ways to economize enough to pay for the Motion Picture & Television Fund Home and Hospital?

The money is clearly out there, but it needs to be reallocated more humanely. Some ideas:

Maybe cut back on the money spent on the Oscars telecast (including the amount of swag given to the already rich and famous presenters). Cut back on similar extravagances at other awards shows. Cut back on some of the vanity advertising and give the money to the fund instead.

Spend just a little bit less on self-congratulation and a little bit more on honoring your past and future.

Teresa Walter

Culver City

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I am the fourth generation in my family to work in the entertainment industry. We all have worked long and hard in risky careers. We all have paid in to our guilds, unions and pensions. My uncle spent his last months of life in that Woodland Hills facility, and they were holding a bed for my father, but he died before he could get there.

The loss to our industry is a blow. It strikes at the heart of our most precious asset: the people who make us laugh, cry and see the world anew. I think about those who need it most. Where will they go?

John Thomas Ellis

Kentfield, Calif.

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Considering that quite a few actors make millions per movie, when other people such as stuntmen and stand-ins do much of the work, this is a travesty. What is wrong with supporting your own?

Pauli Peter

Los Angeles