Richard Todd writes:

>The crudeness that Amadeaus pins on Mozart is based on some dubious
>extrapolations from private letters that he wrote to some of his intimates.
>As far as I've been able to determine, there is no reliable evidence that
>he ever publicly used inappropriate language, that he was ever drunk at a
>musical performance or that he was particularly gauche socially.  A little
>outspoken at time, yes, but nothing like Tom Hulce.  Still, I kinda like
>the movie.

Mozart liked riddles and a play on words, both crude and ordinary as his
letters show.  Hulce does that in the movie, some more accuracy!  I seem
to have learned somewhere that Bernstein also liked riddles and word games.
Was he aping Mozart, chance, or a characteristic shared amongst those with
extraordinary musical talent? (Don't think I put Lenny and Wolfie in the
same league.)

Norman