The Corner gets letters:
Dear Jonah,
I largely share your opinions on Leonardo DiCaprio. Back when “Titanic” came out and people (mainly women) were singing its praises, I'd always feel the need to interject, “My favorite part was when Leonardo DiCaprio drowned.” I think the reason that he turns so many men off is that he always gets the girl by being more sensitive and understanding than the other guy, rather than by blowing the other guy up like most of the other big male leads that you mentioned. We hate him for the same reason that we cheered Bluto when he smashed the folk singer's guitar against the wall – men don't like the message that is sent when the more sensitive guy wins.
The new diamond movie with him in it looks like it has some action and explosions in it, so maybe I could be persuaded to see it, but it's hard to shake those initial images.
Man, someone got out-played by a Proust-reading coffeeshop-types one too many times, huh? In any case, doesn't this letter feel like it was written by the Real-Man-O-Matic? It's hard to believe any actual individual so totally inhabits the insecure, overcompensating masculine stereotype.
