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Re: GG:Solitude Trilogy
MJ wrote:
>I was thinking about the (IMHO ridiculous) idea GG had of making a
>fourth docudrama in the ST about China and the Chinese as a solitary
>people. (Of course after refusing to travel to China to test his theory
>for himself!)
I don't think this was such a ridiculous idea: I think GG spotted that to
live amongst millions, in a (then) highly regimented social system, can be
a kind of isolation, or can produce a sensibility which values and
understands isolation...
Just a thought....
- Alun
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