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...James Poniewozik...
...ideals have been melodramatized. "I don't want to be pretty," one of Christian's patients (and lovers) tells him. "I want to be better. I want to be perfect." Nip/Tuck is neither pretty nor perfect, but it is a provocative, painfully funny drama--warts and all. --By James Poniewozik...
...Commentary, James Poniewozik mused about public cynicism toward the media in the wake of the firing of New York Times reporter Jayson Blair [ESSAY, June 9]. Poniewozik was off the mark in saying the real problem is a deficit of passion in the media. Distrust exists not because reporters aren't passionate but because they are not dispassionate. Even when their reporting is "accurate," the "facts" seem selectively chosen to further the reporter's personal ideology. Trust is the public's priority--not more passion. ELIZABETH SHOWN MILLS Tuscaloosa...
...depicts a war on crime, it is World War I, its weary sides facing off in the trenches, with little hope of victory or reward. The cops soldier on anyway, driven less by idealism than stubbornness. They deserve recognition. And so does TV's hardest-working drama. --By James Poniewozik...
...Safer, later severed their ties with WJMK, each saying he had been led to believe the spots were educational. And they were. They taught us that before an anchor agrees to read a script, he needs a little more information than whether the check will clear. --By James Poniewozik. Reported by Heather Won Tesoriero