To the editors:
I am insulted by Jack Helbig’s review of La Barraca ’90’s current play, The Sleepwalker’s Ballad, which appeared in your May 1 issue. In it he states: “Even when the stage picture seems like a parody of bad Fellini–a dwarf sits half-dozing in a chair on a box above a man pulling yards of red silk out of an older man’s chest while others look on–the overall effect is still sublime.” I am an actress who happens to be a dwarf, and I resent Mr. Helbig’s mention of me as a parody of “bad Fellini.” He did not mention my character (Soledad Montoya, a character who often appears in Garcia Lorca’s work and from Lorca’s own drawings of her, is a woman of average stature) or my performance. I was simply objectified by the reviewer. I feel that this is as much a form of prejudice as racism, and in light of the current violence in LA, I don’t see how Mr. Helbig or your paper could be so insensitive as to print such an ignorant review.
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Tekki Lomnicki S. Federal
