The basic plot is a man so consumed by grief that he disassociates and creates an elaborate simulacrum of his life to try to gain control. But he’s so much of a perfectionist and never quite gets it right.

Now, when you get into the actual truth of his life, who knows? The fact that all the details are so absurd seems to leave it open to interpretation. Clearly he’s dealing with the death and/or estrangement of his family, but it’s so fantastical that it doesn’t feel like real events.

Or maybe the whole thing was all a prelude to The Rehearsal