Marjorie, What Were You Thinking!?!

Marjorie [Baumgarten],
    I usually like the movies you like. I often agree with your reviews. I like a difficultly artsy movie. So what were you thinking with your review of Mysterious Skin [Film Listings, July 1]? You wrote the review for this movie as if it were akin to Tarnation, which was thoughtful and compelling. If you consider this movie "mature,” I suppose you think a glib treatment of sex with children to be material for personal growth. If you had said, "This movie makes Kids look like a childhood we would long for,” I would have happily missed my opportunity to see it. Instead, I woke up this morning with that image of the retarded 11-year-old kid with a bloody mouth blown up by firecrackers getting whacked-off by an 8-year-old boy in front of his friend. It's not just the material that was so offensive, but the smug attitude with which it was presented. The "kind" old troll who warned the kid about cops before having sex with him in a hotel? This movie was pedophile-friendly, and I will assume that the people who would give it four stars enjoy watching sex between adult men and little boys. Download anything illegal lately?