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June 1983 (USA)
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TV play chronicling the advice and various miracles dispensed by God who has come to earth in guise of Morty, an irrasible attendent working in a steambath. full summary
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Excellent, Dark, Funny, Devastating and mostly all here.
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(Series Credited cast) | José Pérez | ... | God / Morty |
 | Robert Picardo | ... | Rod Tandy |
 | Al Ruscio | ... | Davinci |
| Neil J. Schwartz | ... | Young Man |
| Patrick Spohn | ... | Young Man |
| Rita Taggart | ... | Blanche |
 | Janis Ward | ... | Meredith |
| Allen Williams | ... | Gottlieb |
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This is a story about shredding illusions and self-deceit about life. The characters are all dead in a waiting room for eternity that is a steam bath with a Hispanic attendant who is more than he appears. One by one they understand the actual situation and all but the main character come to acceptance of the life he or she had and that it is time to move on. The main character is more deeply enmeshed in the self-deceptions of his life than the others. This fact provides the central thread and conclusion of the play. In the meantime the audience gets many pungent and humorous reflections from the characters.
There have been negative reviews of this TV production mostly because of some editing for language from the stage version. This is more a criticism of the TV establishment of the time than of the play or its production here. I have the stage version and have read it. In my opinion all the important aspects and meaning of this play are preserved in this video production and it is well worth watching. The removed language is not critical to the work. Much of what was changed then would be allowed now even on network TV. (Of course, on cable it could be produced exactly to the book, unless A&E got a hold of it in which case it would be scarcely recognizable.)
This play is not a life affirming upbeat work for people who think everything has a purpose and all things work out for the best. But it is one of my favorites.