Dear Marcus:
        I had the misfortune of seeing the world premiere of *Cowgirls* at
the Venice Film Festival in September.  I even had the greater misfortune
of attending the press conference where Van Saint made such lame remarks
as "I do not have an opinion about the representation of women in my film,
I am gay."  This statement alone would be enough evidence to have Van
Saint pull *himself* back to the cutting room and cut himself until he
disappears from the film industry.  However, the film was fairly bad and I
was very disappointed becase I love Tom Robbins (thought I haven't read
this book) and the subject matter had such potential.
        So, this is a very emotional and gutsy response from one Italian
living in America, whose big dream is to visit Scandinavia. :-)
 
        Gloria Monti
        Yale University
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