I also wrote a very even-keeled response to that silly e-mail from the director of The Kid From Brooklyn. It was a very angry letter, even though he was accusing me of being a bitter, angry, and jealous nobody. I informed him that while being a nobody would be in the eye of the beholder, I was neither bitter, angry, nor jealous - of what, I wonder? I guess anyone who doesn't like his show and says so is a bitter, angry, and jealous nobody.
When I lunched with the show's star, he asked if I'd like to come see it again, as they've been putting in little changes. I said I'd be happy to. The director, at the end of his e-mail, literally said the following - "stay away from my production" - a little schoolyardish for my taste. He did say if I was coming back I could just buy a ticket. I had to remind him that I HAD bought a ticket the first time I saw it. People.