Description

A comedy about a sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, aspect of life todayethe fact that people don’t listen anymore, that people don’t hear each other. In the deft hands of playwright Gleason, we see a family together but each one entirely in his or her own world. The point-counterpoint as each follows a separate line of thought is truly hilarious, but there’s a poignancy under it. These people who won’t or can’t hear each other are losing the ability to communicate. The mother, anxious to reach her young people, turns to a psychiatrist for helpeonly to discover that he can’t hear either! There’s a final effort in which they try to involve themselves a little with each other and a wry, witty conclusion. Divided int. set. Approximate running time: 35 minutes.