Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
With a headline like that, I expected a review but, instead, read an Associated Press wire story about Burton and the basic evolution of how the film came about. Nowhere did it refer to the film as a "dud" or anything close to it. Not a review!
Many people don't realize that local editors write their own headlines (and photo captions) on wire service stories based on size requirements for the page layout.
I feel your editor did the readers a disservice by permitting such a misleading headline.
Mark Stephen Russell
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