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3.10.06 @ 12:01AM

DIRECTOR'S CUTS
Re: James Bowman's review of Sorry, Haters:

Thank you for reviewing our film Sorry, Haters.

I found your review very thoughtful, but somewhat misguided:

1. Why is our film obliged to explain all Arab/Muslim/American points of view? Is the message you received from Brokeback Mountain that all cowboys are latent homosexuals?

2. If you are looking for airtight realism, you might want to pick a film with a title that is not quite as silly.

3. As far as your claim that "(Terrorism) is not the work of sociopaths, however reassuring it might be to think so, but of people who have a political point of view, however misguided, which they are determined to act upon." I would like to refer you to this airtight, real event where a New York policeman tried to set off a bomb in Times Square in 2004. He had no political affiliation that was known, and was, by all accounts, trying to recreate the "hero" feelings he had on September 11, 2001.

I am extremely thankful that the policeman's bomb did not effectively detonate that day in 2004.

Your "ludicrous" labeling of Sorry, Haters aside, I am hoping that all of the psychologically troubled, disenfranchised people of our great society are recognized and treated, before causing any harm to themselves or others.
-- Jeff Stanzler
Writer/director, Sorry, Haters

EASY DRIVERS
Re: Eric Peters's Senior Drivers:

I used to work for a service station. The owner had a large number of old ladies with high mileage cars as customers. They did all their scheduled service. Their cars lasted forever. Usually longer than they did. Young men seemed to be able to wear out a brand new car in six months.

I sold car insurance before it was illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender. The statistics were very clear. Young men were the worst drivers. Old women were the best.

Young men have wonderful reflexes, wonderful vision, wonderful mechanical understanding and absolutely no good judgment. They drive terribly bouncing from accident to traffic ticket to accident. Old women drive intelligently and don't drive when they think they can't.

Old ladies with bad vision, bad reflexes, and no mechanical ability, may annoy young men, but they never stomp on the accelerator or the brake. They drive cautiously. They don't get into accidents and their cars last forever.

Gentlemen, unfortunately the answer is clear. Our grandmothers are better drivers than we are. If you want to, improve your car's life, its repair frequency, your insurance rates, your life expectancy, and your insurance rates, drive like your grandmother.
-- Yaakov "Jim" Watkins
Denver, Colorado

Amen! All of the proposals in this article seem very reasonable and prudent.

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