BWANA BOB

So “antsy” Robert Redford couldn’t handle an 18-week African location shoot for “Out of Africa” for a purported $6 million ‘cause “he would have gone nuts” (“Pollack’s ‘Africa’ Adventure,” by Jack Mathews, Dec. 8).

Possibly he could free-up some of that energy for his performances, which he usually “attacks” with the same verve one associates with lying-in-state.

On second thought, why tamper with success? This “bundle of nerves” has ridden phlegmatic all the way to super stardom. At his price, the market is obviously bullish on inertia.

PATRICIA MERRILL

Los Angeles