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...have just finished perusing your May 5 Crimson reviews of both Alek Keshishian and his film "With Honors...
...must tell you that rare is the occasion when I pick up a pen to write such a letter but the unusually snide tone of those reviews really offended me and I very much want to convey these feeling to you. I am not a personal friend of Alek Keshisian's but I found your attacks against him and his work completely unnecessary and indefensible. you neglected to mention that Alek (according to my niece, a Harvard student), graduated summa cum laude. You preferred to focus on irrelevant nonsense such as his asthmatic difficulties and likening him to the pathetic...
Well, let me tell you a thing or two about Hollywood. I can, because I worked in that industry for 11 years. Even to get a "formulaic, manipulative flick" off the ground is next to impossible. "Did it ever occur to you that Alek might not have the professional choices or artistic control you presume he does? How much do you know about that industry anyway? Not much, I'd judge. At least Alek's creative endeavors are not limited to criticizing and diminishing other people such as yours...
...product of, you guessed it--Harvard University. Oh yes, the producer (Tony Curtis) also finds an opportunity to ask why Jake (Eric Stoltz), the persecuted playwright, "has his ass in Cambridge instead of my office!" Poor Harvard is suffering a two-pronged movie attack from former student Alek Keshishian '83's latest depiction in "With Honors," and now from this movie...
Harvard has faced no deeper dishonor than that abominable piece of sappy drech, Alek P. Keshishian '86's ineptly titled movie, "With Honors." The only honor that this so-called film could compete for is that of the sappiest Harvard-related flick, a title currently held by the laughable "Love Story." Why is it that anytime a Harvard alum tries to pull off a heart-warming story about his alma mater, the result is, shall we say, less than inspiring? Perhaps because behind these ivy-clad walls, nothing interesting enough goes on to carry a halfway interesting movie...