sentences:  At the comedy's center are Marion Cheever, a middle-aged, overweight, debt-ridden, divorced father of two who mistakenly has been called by the draft, and Sergeant Thech, a no-nonsense female examining officer.A battle-of-wits is waged between the "sad sack" determined to avoid military service and the career officer just as determined to sign him up.Starting out as an amusing incident, Cheever ends up showing "hatred and contempt" for his country.