Speaking of horror films, "There's Something About Mary" must be one of the weirder films ever made -- it certainly spawned a whole generation of monsters, whose end is not in sight. I finally saw it a month ago, and it had a sort of weird fascination -- it was in such appalling taste, and yet had the kind of sheen of a big budget film. It obviously broke some barriers that didn't need breaking: we get to laugh at the disabled, naked old women, people with AIDS, watch someone masturbating, etc. It is only held together by the sheer fascination of watching the epitome of the image of beautiful innocence, Cameron Diaz, surrounded by total sleaze, and every once in awhile having her say things like "I'm fucking with you, Ted," as if the directors decided we would like the image of a goddess smeared with horse manure. It is certainly weird. I suppose if you were sixteen it would also be incredibly daring and funny (at least when it came out). yours, Peter T.