content: Mary says: "None of us can help the things life has done to us. They're done before you realize it, and once they're done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you'd like to be, and you've lost your true self forever."What a brilliant aphorism. And it's just a shame that the entirety of the rest of the play is pure unadulterated banality. Frankly, I'm amazed at all the positive reviews. Dr. Big Balls hates it because the characters are so argumentative. Which is a good reason to hate it but not the best reason. I hate it because the characters are cartoon bores who insisted on boring me to tears with all of that painfully boring dialog. Have I mentioned that it's boring?. And how about that ludicrous shtick where Mary falls into a dope-fiend trance at the drop of a hat. I suppose it works as unintentional comedy. But I don't think that's what Eugene had in mind.