Thanks for coming to the read-through of my new film. There’s pizza and pasta for after—that’s right, the good stuff, so that should keep you in the seats. Even if my dialogue isn’t quite al dente enough for your taste, the spaghettini will be.
Which is maybe a good time to remind everyone—well, thanks again for coming and sharing your thoughts, I want and need your thoughts, feedback, reaction, takes, and any lines or ideas you may have, but also, it’s a good time to set the table I think for the kinds of notes I need at this fragile stage of the project.
You are all here because you are willing to say the hard things, which is definitely what I need, as I said in the email.
But looking at all of you now, um, and with the trip to the shaman a bit further in the past, the voice in my head is saying that I am not so interested in what you don’t like about the piece.
The part about wanting all your feedback, while true, is more sort of true. I really mostly hope you laugh in the right spots.