Those who savor irony, should enjoy “The Kuglemass Episode” written by Woody Allen. The main theme of the story is about how the old enjoyable circumstances –now stressful and unbearable- can lead us to search for better ways of getting-away that can lead us to the same old and stressful circumstances, to the pits. With an amazing sense of precision and humor, the author is splitting the idea of tiredness upon many characters. And then everybody delivers their loan on Kuglamass’ shoulders.
Kuglamass is a professor of humanities who is tired to bear this cross he has received from two unsuccessful marriages, the first one over –in which he has to spend a lot of money- and the second is dying faster and faster. For this reason, Kuglemass is seeing a therapist, is telling him that he is a man without choices. On the other hand, he is a man who needs romance, softness. His life now is too turbulent to find something like romance in it. And by the way, romance and therapists should stay as far away as possible.