Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” an expressionist classic on automation and worker insecurity, speaks directly to an age in which livelihoods are threatened by AI innovation.
It’s a good time for Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” which can only mean that it’s once again a bad time for workers.
I couldn’t recall when I last saw the 1923 expressionist drama about an accountant drone aptly named Mr. Zero who, after losing h… [4190 chars]
Source: Los Angeles Times | Published: 2026-03-18T13:00:00Z
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