in a 1973 "playboy" profile, mason hoffenberg (who had conquered his heroin addiction with methadone maintenance and was living in alcoholic codependency with richard manuel of the band near woodstock, new york) claimed that "everything went right for southern... he was ejaculated to fame and screenplays" and "terry southern is a good rewriter and he writes some funny shit himself, but he always grabs top billing"; in an ensuing defamation suit between the erstwhile collaborators, southern alleged that hoffenberg's representation had cost him several screenwriting jobs.