Great review!

Your comments about the vulnerability of creative people reminded me of this article I read where the writer went for supper with Tommy Wiseau, describing him at dinner as warm and genuine, if a little weird. Then at the event he was in town to promote, the audience made fun of Wiseau, and while he took it in stride, it was still kind of sad.

The whole article is here, and it's a pretty good read; "My dinner with Tommy Wiseau": http://www.thefeedbacksociety.com/movies/my-dinner-with-tommy-wiseau/