No no no, I think he was justified in doing that, really.
BTW, I had a splendid time correcting people mispronouncing les
miserables and factual errors(but only those trying to show off to
their girlfriends, spouses, whatever) 
It helped that I read the entire unabridged 1,000++++ page
monstrousity of the novel by Victor Hugo, that the musical is based
on. 