In a fictitious Latin American nation that feels like a dream world, American G.I. Kilroy (Martin Sheen) tries to maintain some sense of hope amid a disillusioned and destitute population, which includes tired playboys, faded beauties and other lost souls. Written by Tennessee Williams, this one-act allegory co-stars Tom Aldredge, Michael Baseleon, Albert Dekker, Hurd Hatfield and Lotte Lenya.
This exercise in capital ‘A’ allegory suffers, perhaps, from too many ideas, jumbled together and insufficiently developed. It comes across as studenty, mechanical, & didactic, the material itself more to blame than the amerateurish production. Its allegorical manouvers seem routine (even if I can’t place their antecedents), few of them resonating. The crappy video recording doesn’t help.