Just Saying

<p>Just Saying is a dramedy set in 2018 in a middle-class suburb of Lowell Massachusetts. The story centers on the relational dynamics between a sensitive and talented grandson (Michael Smike early 30s) and his bitter idiosyncratic grandfather (Sid Paps late 70s) forced together by circumstances beyond their control.</p><p>Both are in the throes of tackling separate but parallel emotional challenges. Smike's loss and grief revealed through non-sequential episodic memories are entwined throughout the</p><p>story. Paps' traumatic history of his Marine Corps Vietnam experience disclosed through progressively troubling dreams triggered by seemingly innocuous events strains the relationship between the men.</p><p>Discovering more similarities than differences in the spirit and core of their essential selves they are drawn together as they face their own individual crippling vulnerabilities and emotional anguish.</p><p>Humor peppered throughout the plot adds dimension and a balancing force to this heartrending story.</p>