The Adding Machine

Turned into a pretty darned good movie. They cut a bit, changed some of the scenes around, and added quite a lot for Phyllis Diller, but she's so perfect in the part that one doesn't mind. Milo O'Shea is perfect as Zero, Julian Glover is wonderfully warped, Sidney Chaplin in his brief role captures it. The other bits added in don't distract from the meat of the heartbreaking story.

This is one of the great American plays, Expressionism through the American lens. I saw a production by Hystopolis with puppets, it was a dream come true. During Mrs. Zero's scene-long harangue, she disappeared behind a screen to undress and multiple mouths appeared around Zero's poor head, keeping up the endless tirade.