This play is constructed rather than written. It is very cleverly done. The comedy comes from the contrast and clash of two distinct cultures, the monoculture of the Kirby family compared to the multicultural family of the Sycamores, said Jones. It bespeaks the American pluralistic view of the world. Jones noted that the play remains in the time period when it was written, during the Depression of the '30s.
Nobody has a job.
They're all living at home on his largesse.