Letter: More ado on 'Much Ado'

Editor, Daily News:

This summer, in addition to less traffic and shorter lines, Naples locals were served up with a marvelous treat: "Much Ado About Naples."

Correctly identified as a musical satire by local authors Betsy Bennet and Rick Compton, it gleefully lampoons all that is sacred to rampant development. Three of us attended last Saturday evening and laughed the night away.

Compton cleverly but marginally borrows from Shakespeare for scene titles and character names. But make no mistake about it, this is not Shakespeare, it is all Naples, by Naples and for Naples.

Sadly, as wonderful as this welcome respite from the consequences of development is, its local parade at Stage 88 at the Norris Community Center was rained upon by Daily News reviewer Tiffany Yates. I take exception to much of Yates' review, but one comment in particular seemed to indicate that she just doesn't get it. Her comment, "... the jokes are funny only to Neapolitans plugged into current issues, leaving 'outsiders' literally outside the jokes ... . " Ms. Yates, that is exactly the point!

So go and enjoy the show. You'll laugh out loud laughing at ourselves.

Trout Scanlan, Naples