"True; though that play -- " I nod towards her copy " -- is hardly sex-friendly. Well. War friendly. But I know quite a few professors who prefer to focus on the sex."
She raises her eyebrows, flips to a scene near the beginning of the play, and passes it to him.
"You read how Cleonice reacts to taking the oath of celibacy and tell me that the women in this play don't enjoy sex. I'm not surprised professors focus on that -- it must be easier to keep students' attentions with dirty jokes than with anti-war preaching."
"I think they'd get a less receptive -- or, well, understanding audience if they focused on the anti-war stance. Well. I guess it depends on the student."
"Actually, yes. My...friend, lives in 2008. He took me to his apartment in Canada and -- the televisions! They're nothing like they are in 1958! Neither are the radios. And there are these things called laptops that just, you know -- it's confusing."
She laughs. "Very confusing. I could barely get our computer to work at home half the time, and I grew up with them. Getting it all thrown at you must be boggling."
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"Hardly! If I wanted something anti-sex, I'd read Lear."
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"You read how Cleonice reacts to taking the oath of celibacy and tell me that the women in this play don't enjoy sex. I'm not surprised professors focus on that -- it must be easier to keep students' attentions with dirty jokes than with anti-war preaching."
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That explains the censorship he mentioned before, doesn't it.
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She laughs. "Very confusing. I could barely get our computer to work at home half the time, and I grew up with them. Getting it all thrown at you must be boggling."
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