An ironic drama unfolds in a cramped recording studio: a failed actor with a velvety voice and an empty wallet voices a book about easy money and successful success, "Deep Vessel", until he explodes from the absurdity and stupidity of what he is reading. His hysteria develops into a conflict with the sound engineer, where both realize the bitterness of their unfulfilled hopes. For a moment they wonder: maybe they are the losers, and the book's nonsense is the truth?