Opinion

One actor, half a brain? a star speaks the truth

The Issue: Angus T. Jones’ comments encouraging viewers not to watch “Two and a Half Men.”

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Angus T. Jones likely got his job on “Two and a Half Men” because he was a cute kid with a devilish look in his eye, not because he displayed any superior acting skills (“It’s Angus Managment,” Nov. 28).

Did Jones think over the last nine years that he was filming a biblical documentary? His show is a sitcom loaded with sexual innuendoes.

Jones should rejoice in the fact that he’s being paid $8 million a year for looking cute, which should not be equated with talent.

Steve Kruger

Brigantine, NJ

How refreshing it is that 19-year-old Jones has come to his senses and publicly slammed the slop sitcom on which he has appeared for years.

We are a society in decline, due in part to the undue and inappropriate influence of the “entertainment” industry, which brings us coarse language, sexual innuendo and a multitude of inappropriate themes. Society and its impressionable children reflect what is absorbed from the media.

Jones’ days as an actor may be over, and he’ll certainly be persona non grata with the producer of the show, but he can sleep better for swimming against the tide of our wretched popular culture. He is a courageous and decent man, one who should be celebrated.Oren Spiegler

Upper Saint Clair, Pa.

You can say what you want about Jones — he rambles, he’s inarticulate, he’s guilty of “religious ranting” — but he’s right about the moral tone of the show.

It’s degenerate.

Catherine Dillon

Manhasset

I commend Jones for calling the show “filth” and urging people not to watch it.

It is time we stop confusing smut with art and entertainment, as is clearly evident in our run-of-the-mill, anti-religious and oversexed music videos, movies, television shows and video games.

Dazzled by the glitter of worldliness, people have become confused about ethics once commonly held.

This has led to moral relativism and an ambiguous conception of freedom, which, instead of being liberating, ends up binding man to idols.Paul Kokoski

Hamilton, Ontario