[lbo-talk] a vile cesspit of a film

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> Mark wrote:
> 
> 
> >Yesterday I had to drive into downtown Los 
> >Angeles from the south, via Interstate 5.  The 
> >sheer ugliness of the landscape I drove through 
> >_ South Central El Lay _  staggers the mind.  It 
> >is a cliché to call it a vision of Hell, but 
> >clichés are clichés because they are substantially true.
> 
> 
> Every morning I drive into downtown Los Angeles 
> via myriad routes.  And during the week I drive 
> all over Los Angeles.  Sometimes the sheer beauty 
> of the landscape I drive through takes my breath away.
> 
> Dennis Claxton

Dude, that shortness of breath is from smog not the landscape.

John Thornton