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David Desser--your suggestion that tv is generally superior these days
to film was picked up by the New York Times :>    -- actually the
February 14th article by Bernard Weinraub entirely agrees with your
assessment and suggests various reasons why "in terms of dramatic value,
relevance, and humor, prime-time television--much of it anyway --is far better
than what's on at the movies."  It's one a.m. and I'm too lazy to review
the main points, but I've torn the article out;if you want me to send it
by snail mail, you have a week before it gets tossed.  Actually, the article
isn't profound; it's mostly confirmation   through interviews with
major players in the tv industry.  By the way I agree--there is much
more good writing for tv these days than for film.--as someone in the
article says, you can develop a character for 110 hours if a series is
successful, rather than the 2 you get with a movie.  liz weis, cuny