Bud Grossmann’s Words of the Week for the Week of April 17, 2011 Previously unpublished fiction. © 2011 by Bud Grossmann. All Rights Reserved.   Screen, 2011 © 2011 by Bud Grossmann PERFECTLY PLEASED On Sunday, April 10, 2011, at 9:42AM, David C. Fischer sent an e-mail to ten or eleven “Undisclosed Recipients,” including his friend Audrey Reiter. Subject: Sidney Lumet 1924-2011. I recommend this 14-minute New York Times interview (including lots of clips) with the director of 12 Angry Men, Fail-Safe, The Pawnbroker, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and sixty-some other films. DCF Working at his desk shortly before 3:00PM, Fischer heard a chime indicating inbound mail. He had received a four-word reply from Ms. Reiter: And my favorite - Tootsie. Fischer immediately replied to Reiter’s reply: You are so smart! But please don't call me Tootsie. Love, Dave About a quarter-hour later, Fischer sent a follow-up message to Reiter: I am sorry, dear Audrey, to question the reliability of your memory (five-years-more-experienced-than-mine), but I fact-checked your Tootsie, and I found that maybe Tootsie was directed by the Polish Sydney or the Jackson Sydney. Love, Dave Later in the day, Reiter wrote again. Just one seemingly apologetic word: (T)oopsie! Only one minute passed, however, before Reiter sent fourteen words more: I AM smart. "Made you look, made you try, made you look up Tootsie-pie." Fischer was perfectly pleased that his female friend should have the last word. ♦         ARCHIVES         Click for a list of other Words of the Week I would welcome your thoughts on this page (or any of my others).  Write to me at the following address.  Please be sure to spell Grossmann with two n’s and mention what page you are writing about. Thanks!  BUD GROSSMANN Top of this page | HOME | Fine Photography | Picture of the Day | Writings | | Words of the Week | Mom & Pop Prop. Mgt. | FAQ |

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