Bunny Watson’s view was not uncommon during the first decade of computing technology. In keeping with the worry of both Watsons, the computer takes the stage on Broadway as a threat to white-collar work. The women in Marchant’s play fight against the threat of unemployment as soon as they learn why Sumner has arrived. Rather than causing widespread unemployment or the total automation of the visible hand, the computer would transform the character of work itself. While such moments conjure the specter of “technological unemployment,” the play juxtaposes Emmarac’s feats with Watson’s wit and spontaneity.