Be firm: Don't blow off the opportunity to talk about exchanges like these, because the person who is saying such things to you might not realize that his/her (often flippant) remarks are belittling.
“A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” was created in collaboration with Diamond himself, and will be at the Schuster Center Nov. 28-Dec. 1 as part of Dayton Live’s Broadway in Dayton Series.