How can you get into a capella without mentioning The Bobs? Or did I just show my age?

Except that it wasn’t Hoffman’s job to get that performance from Streep. The director’s job is to get the best performance from the actors; the actor’s job is to give that performance. Hoffman was going way beyond the scope of his role in hitting his coworker.

Abuse is unwarranted. If a director had set boundaries with…