Both versions begin with Melinda crashing a dinner party hosted by friends.

Melinda is a deeply troubled woman whose life has been ruined by an affair and the loss of her children.

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During a dinner at a Manhattan restaurant, two playwrights (played by Wallace Shawn and Larry Pine ) argue about whether life is inherently tragic or comic. They illustrate their points by telling two parallel versions of a story centered on the same woman, Melinda.