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To the editor:

I enjoyed reading the article “Underdog is here,” by Karen Butler [GO Brooklyn, Feb. 19]. It is sad indeed that Paul Giamatti was left off the ballot for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the comedy film “Sideways.”

This episode shows us once again that Hollywood and the Oscars Committee can be very partial and political. Just look at the film “Passion of the Christ” which so far has made over $600 million worldwide, an amount which current Oscar film contenders won’t make. [It] wasn’t even mentioned as an Oscar contender.

What a joke!

Anyway, the point I would like to make about Ms. Butler’s article is that she omitted mentioning the word “late” when referring to Paul Giamatti’s father and former President of Yale and Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti. As you may know, Mr. Giamatti passed away several years ago while serving as baseball commissioner.

— Michael Giammarella, Oakland Gardens, NY.

 

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