Feedback: How racism accusations are affecting ‘Real Housewives’ franchise

‘Emotional athletics’

Concerning Meredith Blake’s “The Disaster Central to ‘Actual Housewives’ ” [March 7]: Episodes of the franchise look like the equal of emotional athletics. There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash speaking and all types of backstabbing commentary.

After watching one in every of these reveals, I can say that racism isn’t the largest drawback, however stupidity definitely is.

The trials and tribulations of the ladies on these reveals remind me of the present negotiations between the rich Main League Baseball homeowners and the millionaire gamers.

Mark Walker
Yorba Linda

Consolation for the bereaved

After studying Kristen Martin’s e-book assessment [“When Death Comes Calling …,” March 8] about “New Animal” by Ella Baxter, I really feel it my responsibility to say that in my 46-year profession within the funeral trade, all of the licensed embalmers and cosmeticians I knew have been skilled, caring and loving [in the] manner they created a consolation for the households they served.

Those that select a profession within the funeral trade, no matter non secular affiliation, if any, are a devoted group of people that share their skills, their devotion to and in lots of circumstances their inventive values to make a significant funeral for the deceased individual to whom they’ve been entrusted.

Generally these individuals go unthanked, however that doesn’t cease their dedication and sensitivity in doing what they so unselfishly accomplish.

Morley J. Helfand
Arcadia

The artist, not the artwork

I notably favored that in his assessment of “The Andy Warhol Diaries” [“A Meaningful Portrait of Love,” March 7], artwork critic Christoper Knight emphasised that the documentary maintains concentrate on Warhol’s private life/relationships reasonably than his artwork.

This was sufficient to get me to observe it: “Tradition, like nature, abhors a vacuum, although, which in Warhol’s blankness has crammed up with market-oriented enthusiasms. In contrast, the documentary considers him inside severe American social historical past.”

I wouldn’t wish to if the main focus have been on his profession as an artist, about which we already know the in and outs.

John Snyder
Newbury Park

The language of critics

In his assessment of the film “After Yang” [“Robot Story on a Human Level,” March 4], Justin Chang wrote: “At varied factors Jake retains in contact together with his spouse, Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith), utilizing a system of gadget-less distant communication that Kogonada represents by having the actors communicate straight into his digicam — a way that readily (however sparingly) evokes the work of the late Japanese grasp Yasujiro Ozu.”

What was that about? How about writing evaluations for individuals who may wish to see motion pictures, reasonably than for different critics.

Judith Bass
Altadena

Getting ready to World Conflict III

I agree with tv critic Lorraine Ali [“Racist Double Standard in War Coverage,” March 3] that her fellow journalists are incorrect to name the conflict in Ukraine “an important in our lifetime.” Nevertheless in specializing in the implicit slights to those that’ve endured latest wars within the Center East, she ignores the better slight to those that lived via World Conflict II.

Loads of them are nonetheless amongst us, however maybe she considers them too previous to matter. The present conflict is definitely an important on this century, for causes that don’t have anything to do with race however way more to do with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping standing aspect by aspect proclaiming a brand new world order.

We’re getting ready to World Conflict III, and if it comes, each race and nation will undergo the results.

Kathleen Barreto
Culver Metropolis