Ku wa mbere ushize, igitabo cya Memoirov Woody Allen yise ikintu nta kintu cyatangajwe, aho umuyobozi uzwi avuga ku buzima bwe, atangirira ku buzima bwe, ndetse no mu mwuga we wuzuye cinemati. Muri icyo gihe, umwanditsi ntiyasize bamwe muri bagenzi be, umwe muri bo yari Timoteyo, wagize uruhare runini muri filime iheruka n'umunsi w'imvura ya Allen "i New York".
Kubijyanye n'inzoka yimibonano mpuzabitsina hafi ya Harvey Weinstein ningaruka zubwo bucuruzi bwumvikana kuri societe muri rusange, kuri Allen yatangiye guhuza urwango. Ikigaragara ni uko mu 1992 Umuyobozi yashinjwaga igikonjo cy'umukobwa we wamureraga Dylan Farila, wari icyo gihe wari imyaka irindwi. Mu mpera za 2017, Fariro yibukije rubanda ku byerekeye ibyabaye, nyuma yuko abahanzi benshi bamaganwe ku mugaragaro Allen, kandi Amazon yanga kubyara umunsi w'imvura i New York. Naho Shalamu, yananyeganyeje kandi Allen, kandi amafaranga ye kuri firime yashyizwe ku rutonde ku bijyanye n'umuryango kugira ngo arwanye ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina.
Mu gitabo cye gishya, Allen ariko, avuga ko ibikorwa bya Shalme byateganijwe n'abatari abanyacyubahiro, ahubwo ni ko muri Koryasty, ariko, umukinnyi ukiri muto washakaga gutangaza kuri Eva Ovar Ukurikira:
Ibikorwa byose byingenzi byumunsi "Umunsi wimvura i New York" byagaragaje ko ari byiza, nishimiye kubana nabo. Nyuma, Timoteyo mu gufungura yatangaje ko yicuza kwitabira film yanjye, nyuma yo gutanga amafaranga ye mu rukundo. Ariko mu kiganiro na mushiki wanjye, yavugaga ko yateye intambwe nk'iyi yo kongera amahirwe yo kwiyongera kw'amahirwe yo kwiyongera kwa "Oscar" kugira ngo abone uruhare muri "umpamagare n'izina rye." Hamwe n'umukozi we, yahisemo ko imikorere yo kundwanya yamuha akarusho.
Muri icyo gihe, Allen yavuze ukundi ko yishimiye umurimo wa shalamu ku gateganyo kandi ntabwo yicuza ubufatanye n'umukinnyi.