Letters

I thought the play was wonderfully entertaining, as did everyone else in my group.

Jennie Johns
Houston

Role Reversal
Please react to the following slightly modified quotation from a recent HP review of Next Stop Wonderland ["Crossing Paths," by Jean Oppenheimer, August 27]:

"It's a safe bet that only men in the audience will appreciate the remarks, which is a pity, given that women would benefit greatly from seeing themselves the way far too many of them are.... Kudos to ... [the female scriptwriters] for painting such an unflattering but honest portrait of their sex."

Sound a bit sexist? Switch the gender references and the sentences are Oppenheimer's. (Her parenthetical comment that not all males in the film are "schmucks" does not redeem these statements.) Sexism is sexism.

Roy Ruane
via Internet

Humorphobia?
Craig Lindsey's sidebar recommended black comedienne and homophobe Sheryl Underwood's show ["Nasty Girl," Night & Day, July 30]. Regardless of Underwood's ability to turn a dick joke, it seems a stretch to refer to a woman who promotes anti-gay propaganda and the backassward remnants of her Arkansas religion as particularly "astute." If I want to laugh my ass off at this type of humor, I'll buy a ticket to a Promise Keepers rally instead.

Michelle Brockway
via Internet

In and Out-standing
Thank you for your in-depth article by Susie Kalil on the "In and Out" folk art exhibition at our Menil museum ["Raw and Wonderful," August 6].

Our city needs thought-provoking writing on the arts -- clearly, you all have taken the lead in covering the arts in Houston.

Kalil's sharp writing elucidates, in a way few writers have, the relationship of self-taught art to that of the mainstream art world.

Congratulations -- my only criticism is that it was so well done I wanted more.

William Steen
Houston

Editor's note: Steen is a frame designer at The Menil Collection.

More Mutual Appreciation
The return of Susie Kalil to the pages of the Houston Press is greatly welcomed. Her thorough and intelligent reviews of exhibitions represent some of the finest writing on art in our city. Her observations are astute, her information well researched and her presentation both engaging and intriguing.

I hope you will persuade her to contribute on a weekly basis.
Paul Winkler
Houston

Editor's note: Winkler is the Menil's director and exhibit curator.