The Prisoner of Second Avenue
“...and you think you've got problems.”
Comedy
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
VIBE
A sweltering New York City apartment becomes a pressure cooker for a man unraveling. It's a claustrophobic, darkly funny look at urban anxiety and the quiet desperation of middle age. The heat is palpable, mirroring his internal meltdown.
anxiousclaustrophobicneuroticdarkly comedicsteadycharacter-driven comedyslice-of-lifegritty realismunemploymentanxietyurban decaymiddle-age crisis
new york cityneighbornervous breakdownunemploymentheatwave
