Once a Letterhack, Always a Letterhack...

[sdelmonte]

I read TV critic Matt Roush's columns at TVGuide.com. He's somewhat fannish, with good taste in genre programming, and he seems to know what he's talking about in general. He does an "Ask Matt" column every week, and two weeks back, someone wrote to him complaining about the lack of positive Latino characters on TV right now. I sent him an e-mail about "Lost's" Hurley.

If you look here:

http://www.tvguide.com/tv/roush/askmatt/

And scroll down about halfway, you will find Simon D.'s comments about our favorite dude on the desert island.

Which is to say, I'm still writing letters to the editor, it would seem, and I'm still getting them published. And I'm still using my other name. Old habits die hard.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Cool to see your letter there!

I've also been impressed with Roush as a reviewer. He clearly gets it when it comes to genre stuff; he doesn't dismiss SF or fantasy as bad in and of itself; he really delves into the question of if it's good SF or fantasy.

[miriyami.livejournal.com]

Um, lack of positive latino characters? there are positive latino characters in all 3 CSI: shows, along with Without a Trace and Cold Case; there are also positive latino chars on L&O and L&O: SVU. And that's just the cop shows on nbc and cbs; I'm sure there are lots more of them that I don't watch.

And sometimes Extreme Makeover Home Edition uses Latino contractors; they go with whoever is best in the area, and some of them are companies owned and run by latinos. If that's not a positive role model, I don't know what is.