Well, I'm...glad you wrote this? How infuriating. As for the old days, I would take the cash, not the powder. But seriously. With an A-lister attached, it seems unconscionable to me that you had to go through this. Wow. Nevertheless, despite your somewhat dispiriting essay (not intended to be dispiriting, of course) I will once again submit my co-written comedy to yet another a contest in the fall. (By the way, about three years ago I was stunned to get a phone call from a manager of a well-known actress. Well, to toot my horn, I did write a killer (funny) letter that could not be ignored. As it turned out, the actress said the screenplay wasn't for her. *sigh* If only I were buddies with Apatow or Feig—or Parker. Onward.)