The piano formula

HERE’S another way that the major studio bigwigs sitting in the upper tiers of the Kodak this Sunday might garner an Oscar in the coming years (“Wanna Join the Winners’ Circle?” by Patrick Goldstein, March 18): Make your central character a male, foreign, piano-playing genius. He also must be either (a) psychotic or (b) seriously imperiled. “Amadeus.” “Shine.” “The Pianist.”

Rawley Valverde

West Hollywood