The couple at its center (Judith Ivey and George Bartenieff) are simply named Mommy and Daddy. Mommy prattles on about the difficulties in purchasing a beige hat to Daddy, who tamely repeats his wife’s observations back to her. Grandma, Mommy's mother, who lives with the couple, is obsessed with storing her possessions in boxes, fearful her daughter will make good on her threat to get the “van people” to take her away.
The arrival of a neighbor, Mrs. Barker (Kathleen Butler), causes Grandma to disclose the roots of Mommy and Daddy’s unhappiness: Unable to conceive a child, they adopted a boy only to kill him when he turned out differently from what they had envisioned. The American Dream then arrives, in the form of Young Man (Harmon Walsh), and Mommy is intoxicated by the emptiness of this self-confessed nihilist who “has no talents at all except what you see” and who will “do almost anything for money.”
- Albee Revisits His ‘American Dream’, NYSun.com, April 2, 2008.
2. Members of Congress regularly cite the important work done by non-profit organizations to bridge the gap between government programs and actual community need. Yet we have a situation where the so-called “Super Committee” is considering draconian cuts in domestic programs like senior nutrition and eliminating or reducing the charitable gift deduction for taxpayers.
How can they possibly expect charities like Senior Community Centers to protect vulnerable seniors without government funding and private donations? The situation has devolved into the theater of the absurd.
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