I think it's fair to say, it would be out of character for Lee to do such a thing and quite ridiculous to accuse one's self of the things mentioned in that letter and then post it on a public forum for anyone, including future potential employer's and colleagues to see.
I disagree.
*sends slanderous letter to jim's agent*
Way to kick a man when he's down!
Rest assured jim, he's not making it up.
Hey Zooo, love the 'Global Moderator' job title, have you been promoted?
ps Jim - you're out of order!
Quote: AngieBaby @ November 19 2009, 9:13 PM GMTHey Zooo, love the 'Global Moderator' job title, have you been promoted?
If she has, it's only because she's sleeping with the management. By which I mean Mark.
I think I've been called that for ages...
Haven't I?
You've got me wondering now... 
Maybe I'm just looking at you in a different light, or I've got my laptop back and not trying to read this on my blackberry.
Quote: jim field @ November 19 2009, 8:36 PM GMTNo, I meant Lee was either an attention seeker or playing a prank on the people here.
Absurd.
Quote: AngieBaby @ November 19 2009, 9:19 PM GMTMaybe I'm just looking at you in a different light, or I've got my laptop back and not trying to read this on my blackberry.
Heh.
Or you've cleaned your glasses.
Quote: jim field @ November 19 2009, 8:15 PM GMTLee has taken this way to seriously. I don't know him personally, but would say it was either:
a) Attention seeking.
b) A long-game prank.
Just out of curiosity jim, in what field of law do you practice?
Quote: zooo @ November 19 2009, 9:15 PM GMT
I think I've been called that for ages...
Haven't I?You've got me wondering now...
You have been that since I can remember!
Quote: jim field @ November 19 2009, 8:53 PM GMTI disagree.
That's because you live in a world of bizarr-o logic where up is down, Spaced is funny, fish tastes nice, and communism was successful.
Quote: jim field @ November 19 2009, 8:15 PM GMTLee has taken this way to seriously.
Hardly. It's a bugger of a job as a new writer getting good industry contacts and building relationships with them as it is, without having to worry that someone's trying to sabotage your writing ambitions from the sidelines. It's an industry with enough gossip, rumour and hidden agendas already. Even though this might superficially just be a horrible yet ultimately futile poison pen letter, it is the seemingly innocuous things that can derail a script development or a commission.
If I were Lee, I too would also be outraged that someone was putting my blossoming writer career (plus the financial and other considerations) potentially at risk, whether or not they (or others) considered it just a harmless prank.
And even leaving the context of the writer-producer relationship aside, there is nothing amusing about that kind of disgusting insinuation.
As Woody Allen said about showbusiness, "It's dog-eat-dog - Actually, it's worse than dog-eat-dog, it's dog doesn't return other dog's phone calls." It's this kind of shenanigans that can lead to a perfectly innocent writer suddenly finding themselves ignored. You don't need any extra paranoia when you're waiting on feedback and news from production companies.
Okay, sure, I agree - the prank was not funny; it was laboured, at best, and not a good example (I hope) of Lee's writing (if indeed it was him).
However, I do maintain that there are doubts over it's authenticity. But that is my, possibly 'bizarro', opinion and I stick to it.