Letters: Dec. 11, 2006
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JORDAN ST. JOHN DIRECTOR, NOAA PUBLIC AFFAIRS Washington
A New Brand of Bond
Re "Um, Is That You, Bond" [NOV. 20]: Daniel Craig, the latest actor to portray James Bond, reminds me of Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. His muscular torso goes with a T shirt and jeans more than a Brioni suit. From your article, I understood how the movie industry's obsession with the hyperkinetic brutality of action films is choking the sophisticated elegance of 007. Isn't there any way to make more room for cultural diversity in Hollywood?
HIROAKI GODA Kasuga City, Japan
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