Sir,-As I am one of G.M.’s admirers I can’t refrain from replying to "One of the Bobby-soxer’s"’ letter. Evidently she is a staunch follower of Van Johnson. I like him too, but I’m not so infatuated as to believe that he has no faults. The statement that nine out of ten film-goers protest against G.M.’s "oneman criticisms" js misleading. In the first place, all the film-goers I’ve met seem to find G.M. quite bearable. They don’t agree with everything he says of course; I don’t myself, but on the whole they find his reviews quite a reliable guide. Even the principal of our school recommended his reviews. And secondly, as he is expressing his own opinion it would naturally be "one-man." If you don’t" like his reviews, don’t read them. I see that "cut-and-dried pessimism" is another of G.M.’s faults. Ah, weil. Come, fellow fans of G.M. Let us retire to a dark hole to read his reviews and pessimise together!
ANOTHER OF THE BOBBY-
SOXERS
(Invercargill).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 388, 29 November 1946, Page 33
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167Untitled New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 388, 29 November 1946, Page 33
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