《要是你明天死了怎么办?》描写一个内向、怯懦的年青作家安德鲁,下意识地害怕重复他父亲肯的遭遇,离开了他那爱支配人,脾气特大的妻子麦瑞迪丝(完全是他母亲艾琳的化身)和孩子们,去和记者科丝蒂,一个不允许他表现任何怯懦的女人同居。安德鲁不理解肯为何容忍艾琳,肯的回答是“在那些日子里(分居)不是那么容易的”。确实,那些日子里社会的非难是如此难以忍受,肯只能牺牲掉他个人的成长和前途和艾琳免强过下去,而安德鲁不愿遭遇这种结局,采取了不同的行动。尽管安德鲁对自己的孩子有种内疚的心情,和科丝蒂的孩子相处亦很困难,他仍希望科丝蒂的“到时埃一切都会好起来”的话会实现。 在剧本里,威廉逊笔下的安德鲁对旧的道德标准和价值失去信任,可又没有新的来指导他的行为。他称自己是“道德低能儿”。他可以轻松地描述他的这种心情,可是一种缺乏道德标准的恐惧总是甩不掉,只有当他被当场抓住或受到惩罚时才感到轻松一些。这种对价值破灭的恐惧是以喜剧的形式表现出来的。可以认为,问题愈严重,人物愈加喜剧化。威廉逊本人讲过,“……尽管我抨击澳大利亚的社会,但我对它还是有感情的。我喜欢那种在最坏情况下发展起来的那种可怕的、讥诮的幽默感。我以为标准的澳大利亚笑话是:“一个醉鬼坐在公园里的长凳? “What to do if you die tomorrow?” Describing Andrew, an introverted and timid young writer, subconsciously fears repeating his father Ken’s experience and leaves his gracious mentally handicapped wife, Meridis, who is entirely his mother Irene’s incarnation) and the children went to journalist Cortes, a woman who did not allow him to show any timidity. Andrew does not understand why Ken tolerates Irene, Ken’s answer is “in those days (separation) is not so easy.” Indeed, the social unrest in those days was so unbearable that it would only sacrifice his personal growth and future, and Irene would not go beyond that. And Andrew did not want to face such an end and took a different course of action. Although Andrew was guilty about his own children and had trouble getting along with Kesti’s children, he still hoped that Kosti would do so if “everything will be fine by then.” In the script, Andrew Williams’s no confidence in the old moral standards and values, but no new to guide his behavior. He calls himself a “moral mover.” He can easily describe his feelings, but a fear of lack of moral standards can not always be thrown away, only when he was caught or punished on the scene just feel relaxed. This fear of disillusionment is manifested in the form of comedies. It can be assumed that the more serious the problem, the more comic the characters. Williamson himself said, “... although I criticize the Australian society, but I still have feelings for it.I like the kind of terrible, cynical sense of humor that developed in the worst conditions.I think the standard The Australian joke is: ”A drunk sitting bench in the park?