Players’ ‘Marjorie Prime’ uses artificial intelligence to probe a family’s real emotional trauma
... That opening conversation speaks to the oddness of this relationship. Marjorie (Fran Martone) converses with a handsome young man who could be her grandchild.
What else does the robot with artificial intelligence not have information about? A lot as it turns out. That includes a trauma that has warped each member of the family.
The Prime tells her: “I’m here for you Marjorie whenever you need me. I have all the time in the world.”
The year is 2062 (given the state of technology the playwright could have set it in 2042). Marjorie was born in 1977. She lives alone aside from this Walter Prime (Jake Spencer), a version of her husband in the early years of their marriage before they had children. ...
Primes don’t have hearts, but they certainly work on the emotions of the humans they interact with, forcing issues to the surface, though not helping to resolve them. ...
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