Readers react to Emmy award winners and their acceptance speeches

Enough already!

They’re so done with all of this (Un)prepared remarks

Regarding “The Emmys” [Sept. 19], I’m a fan of award shows, but I am tired of winners who have no remarks prepared. I know it’s surprising when the favorite doesn’t win, but when you are one of the five (or, weirdly, six or seven) nominees in a category, then it is statistically probable that you could win.

Valerie Brickey

Fullerton

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In his acceptance speech, “Master of None’s” Alan Yang decried Asian American stereotypes by listing a litany of films about Italian Americans [“Reveling in Diversity,” Sept. 19]. Apparently, his intent was to show how “complex” Italian American screen portrayals are in Hollywood. Please take a look at his list: “The Godfather,” “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos.” What do they share in common? An ugly stereotype of the Italian American male as genetically boorish, bloodthirsty and brutish. Is Yang saying he wants Asian Americans to be portrayed as nothing but gangsters? How sad that a new generation of immigrants considers anti-Italian stereotypes to be the “real deal” — when they are the “reel deal,” that is, the sickening (and still unchallenged) status quo in Hollywood.

Bill Dal Cerro

Italic Institute of America

Floral Park, N.Y.

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Please, no more articles about O.J. Simpson, particularly sympathetic ones about a sociopath [“A Life Behind Bars,” Sept. 18], though it’s nice to hear he’s so popular in prison. How about one on Charles Manson’s fan mail? Sent from my cell (cellphone, that is).

Janet Cerswell

Rancho Cucamonga

A view from the play’s audience

Charles McNulty’s review of “A View From the Bridge” [“Embers Stir to Find a Tale’s Heat,” Sept. 17] was compelling, but it didn’t address the actors’ inability to project their voices to the audience. The only actor who could was Thomas Jay Ryan. Apparently, the director didn’t realize that actors speaking with their backs to the audience are difficult to hear. People around us could be heard saying, “What did he/she say?”

Tom Pincu

Los Angeles

Mara Wilson has written a memoir called “Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame.”

(Christina House / For The Times )

She’ll always be a star to reader

“Mara Wilson Is Not Matilda Anymore” [Sept. 19], I was saddened to hear how cruel people can be. I hope she’ll get back into the business. I look forward to reading her book.

Kathy Fields

Downey

Not wowed by wrestling reboot

Regarding her reboot of Women of Wrestling [“Grappling With a Whole New Sport,” Sept. 15], Jeanie Buss says her show will be character-driven, about women resolving their own issues, and family entertainment that will appeal to children because of strong characters. The only people who might actually believe this would be those interested in watching it.

Giuseppe Mirelli

Los Angeles

Telling it like it should’ve been

Clint Eastwood did his usual great directing job with “Sully,” the real-life tale of a plane’s emergency landing in the Hudson River [“In Safe Hands,” Sept. 9]. As former flight attendants, we would have liked to have seen a flight attendant make a PA announcement telling passengers to grab life vests before exiting the aircraft. We observed only a handful with life vests. Also, we would have liked to have observed a flight attendant at a door and a window exit shouting commands as they evacuated passengers in an orderly manner. This would have shown the heroism of these crew members, who . were not given the credit they deserved.

Barbara Mayjoy, Mary Ann Ayres and Gaye Rehder

Los Angeles