Let it never be said, however, that in this she misconstrues the spirit of Christmas.
"It's interesting in watching this film, how at first, you really don't trust him," said Mazzoli, referring to Jan. "He accidentally leads her into this place of suffering because she misconstrues what he's telling her to do.
Later, Mr. Reiss said he felt badly that she had misconstrued his meaning.
She said she, too, was misconstrued, and that in other interviews she did on Sunday, she made it clear that she meant the system worked "after the incident".
"She is misconstruing my attempt, on behalf the governance committee, in early May to get the compensation committee to reconsider the retention agreement with Mark Belnick that it had approved of in February".
"I just found," she says, "that this game is what I love most" - though, sensing this might be misconstrued, she quickly adds: "After my family, obviously".
"It couldn't possibly be misconstrued," she wryly says, "as a cry for help".
"You have to be really careful in what you say because everything you say is looked at and in many cases misconstrued," she said.
"I considered it private -- it could have been misconstrued," she said, adding that her job was "to protect Mr. Taubman's privacy".
