 After critiquing his work to fit the Workshop's intention of giving African Americans a chance to voice their concerns, the plot of “Losers and Weepers” changed, this time depicting the "frustrations and impotence of a Negro family's life in an urban ghetto".The play shined light on the "oppressive, destructive possibilities of the Negro slum matriarchy".In February 1967, "Losers and Weepers" was broadcast on national television as the first episode of "NBC Experiment in Television".