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The form of a text is the type of text you are reading or watching. The form of Philadelphia, Here I Come! is a dramatic play. This means the text that we study is the script used by actors and directors to stage and perform the play in front of an audience.

Philadelphia, Here I Come! is a tragicomedy. Private’s sarcastic comments can be funny, but they also highlight the lack of communication between father and son.

The relationship between Gar and S.B. doesn’t change at all through the play, even though we realise there are many feelings that go unspoken between them.

So despite the frequent comic episodes, much of the tragedy in the play lies in the fact that it is the study of a family where communication has completely broken down.