Feedback: What the Oscars should learn from the Grammys

The Oscars ought to be taught from the Grammys

Relating to “Grammy Awards: An ode to pleasure” by August Brown, April 4: I used to be entertained, amazed, moved to tears and, fortunately, not shocked or disgusted watching and listening to the Grammy Awards.

The present respectfully honored all genres of musical achievement however, extra essential, it demonstrated how music can actually discover and contact individuals throughout their most weak occasions. Jon Batiste expressed this sentiment fantastically.

Films can accomplish the identical factor. I do know they’ve for me. Hopefully, the Oscars can be taught one thing from the Grammys about find out how to convey this notion.

Denice Avila
Camarillo

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It’s so becoming that Olivia Rodrigo received finest new artist on the Grammys [by Mikael Wood, April 3]. Teenage ladies have all the time helped develop the contours of pop music, simply as we form trend and set traits.

Rodrigo’s private journey and trustworthy exploration of vulnerability and insecurity resonates deeply with in the present day’s youth. In her music “Drivers License,” you possibly can really feel her disappointment and anguish — how life was not how she had deliberate and hoped.

Through the pandemic, in the present day’s teenagers have transitioned out and in of college, from independence to no freedom and again once more. Teenage ladies aren’t simply involved with boys and breakups — we’re coming of age throughout an unprecedented time of solitude and confusion. We’re a era of “digital natives” born right into a world of expertise, the place social media can compound emotions of isolation and despair and might result in psychological well being challenges.

Rodrigo’s album “Bitter” is empowering and conjures up younger ladies to be unbiased and unapologetically themselves.

Ella Jaffe
New York

The letter author is in eleventh grade on the Moral Tradition Fieldston Faculty in New York Metropolis.

Could the most effective film win

I didn’t want half a web page of Justin Chang’s evaluation [“The Oscars: Chaos in Hollywood,” March 28] telling me why “CODA,” which he doesn’t take into account “even remotely one of many 12 months’s finest motion pictures,” received finest image over “The Energy of the Canine,” which he defends because the superior movie.

“CODA” has a superb story, properly advised. It made me expertise the total vary of human feelings and I cared concerning the characters.

“The Energy of the Canine” was a skinny story, boringly advised. And whereas I sympathized with the characters, I actually didn’t give a hoot about what occurred to them ultimately. It’s that straightforward.

Tim Paine
Burbank

‘Morning Joe,’ all morning

The article by Stephen Battaglio [“Extra cup of ‘Morning Joe,’” April 3] appears virtually bewildered by the truth that exhibits like “Morning Joe” path their opposites on the Fox Information channel. Either side of the political networks exaggerate their condemnations of the opposite aspect. This hyperbole might be seen nightly when Fox Information continues to blast the left for its supposed COVID tyranny or CNN’s frightened views on the Jan. 6 rebel, which they’ve described as worse than 9/11 or Pearl Harbor.

Mark Walker
Yorba Linda

One other offensive comedian

The “Argyle Sweater” comedian on April 4 was offensive in various methods. An clearly white exterminator removes a pest, and within the entice are the stays of an clearly Mexican mouse indicated by a sombrero subsequent to the entice.

The comedian not directly references the stays as Speedy González, who was too sluggish to flee the entice.

In response to a 1981 L.A. Occasions story, ABC banned this “stereotypical picture” from its airways and Cartoon Community did the identical within the ‘90s.

Disgrace on Scott Hilburn for considering this insensitive try at humor is suitable and disgrace in your editors for permitting you to resurrect a cartoon character that was beforehand banned for what ought to be apparent causes.

I learn your paper each week and I do know you are able to do higher than this.

Alcario Esquivel
Backyard Grove

Films and politics

Phrases are highly effective. The layouts and headlines with Justin Chang’s overview of the film “Ahed’s Knee” [“Withering look at modern Israel,” April 1] used incendiary phrases to catch the attention of the reader.

On Web page 1 of the leisure part, the headline learn “Withering take a look at trendy Israel,” and on Web page 2, the place the article continued, “ ‘Ahed’s Knee’ indicts trendy Israeli society.”

Was the aim of this overview an evaluation of a movie or to make a political assertion about Israel primarily based on the work of 1 offended filmmaker?

Aviva S. Monosson
Los Angeles

Classes from Ben and Ann

With the encouraging critiques of “Ann” on the Pasadena Playhouse [“‘Ann’ takes her final bow” by Charles McNulty, March 24, “‘Ann’ shows a better Texas,” by Mary McNamara, April 4] and “Benjamin Franklin” on PBS [“Burns sheds light on key kite flier” by Robert Lloyd, April 4], maybe we will glean inspiration about our nation’s future from the knowledge that has lengthy been half and parcel of the American citizenry.

Ben Miles
Huntington Seashore