Bad Guy, in which names have been changed, is a «rollercoaster account of the frustrations created by mindless shackles
on creativity» and «shows the bright
lights of Hollywood
on a dimmer setting», while with Richard II in New York, he «felt it was such an unusual
topic to be directing one of Shakespeare's greatest classics in New York with a group of dynamic American actors», that he «wished to record it in a journal since I felt it would never be seen outside that
particular theatre again».