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**Reply to reader Nancy Reynolds' comment about "Irritating Reviews" letter ["Blue Jasmine" film by Woody Allen of 8/04/13**: Nancy, the definition you gave of "artless" is ONE of the definitions of the word (you mentioned "free from artificiality, craft, or guile"--and you mentioned that the reviewer's use of "artless" was a compliment. I believe, however, that the reviewer intended one of the **other** definitions of "artless" also provided in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary online: (1) lacking art, knowledge, or skill: uncultured; or, (2) made without skill. I assume the reviewer intended a negative definition of "artless" provided above because of his final comment, "...and for a man with as many films to his credit as Allen, the filmmaker's ability to artlessly incorporate a flashback structure hasn't changed *one iota* since since "*Take the Money and Run.* Statements in the review prior to this stinging conclusion include "Woody squanders much of his time...resulting in a finished product that has little to show for itself..." Do you see any compliments by the reviewer that I may have missed? At the end of the review, we see a 1-star rating only.— August 16, 2013 12:53 a.m.