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...their own reckoning, one cannot help wondering whether the Vietnamese will one day achieve justice. Perhaps the American soul could rest easier if the U.S. government acknowledged its sins--maybe even the crimes of some individuals--and adequately compensated the Vietnamese people for the suffering unjustly imposed on them. SAMIR BHOJWANI Prague...
...then there are the supporting characters--amazingly transformed into walking and talking jokes and little more. Judge glaringly neglects these personages, especially Gibbons' buddies at Initech, Samir (Ajay Naidu) and the nominally cursed Michael Bolton (David Herman). The cast of Office Space is, essentially, a cast of cartoon characters or caricatures, only two of which arguably come off: Lumberg and Milton (Steven Root), a pathetic co-worker at Initech who is bound for disgruntled postal worker or serial killer status...
...girlfriend and begins courting a waitress, played by Jennifer Aniston, who fits in perfectly with this under-talented cast. Gibbons does return to work, however, and his new attitude inexplicably impresses two new executives hired to clean house at Initech, resulting in his promotion and the release of Samir and Michael. Now vowing revenge on the company, the three friends plant a computer virus that rounds off transactions and places the excess money into an account (sound familiar?). Predictably, things get really screwed up but are miraculously resolved in an event which should hardly be a surprise...
...choice is between compromising either our ideals or our standard of living--and everyone understandably wants both. What bothers me, though, are those audience members who laughed in commiseration with Gibbons and forgot about him a moment after leaving the theater. Although they may not know it, they are Samir and Michael, who, after the smoke has cleared (literally), join another technology corporation and eagerly jump back into the rut they have temporarily escaped. For those who are willing to look unflinchingly in the mirror, I suggest taking a hint from Gibbons' final career switch to construction work. Although this...
...Lacking ballots, the frustrated populace may resort to bullets. Arafat knows this, and his reaction has been to sacrifice everything the Palestinian movement has achieved to save his own skin. Unless Albright and her experts act on these facts, no peace will come to the Middle East. HARRY A. SAMIR Plymouth, Mass. When will Benjamin Netanyahu realize that peace is not charity to the Palestinians but a necessity for Israel? MANSOOR MAZAFFAR Orland Park...