"Why was that old fellow such a marvelous propaganda technician? Because he had so many insane, excruciating things to get excited about. You've got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can't think of the really good, penetrating X-rayish phrases... who's going to get excited about a boy having a girl or not having her?" pg 185
Apparently Helmholtz has never seen a soap opera or teenage sitcom. As absurd as it is, I agree. Too much of entertainment is based on sex. Especially at my age, we lose all sight of everything besides getting the guy/girl. It's really predictable and not exciting at all, but everyone still indulges in it. In that sense, we're boring, lack luster beings. If our greatest endeavors are teenage love affairs, we couldn't think of hard hitting works that Helmholtz longs for.
Hold up, Shakespeare is not propoganda. I take back agreeing with that man. So much of our passionate fantasies are molded around the plots of Shakespeare's tales. Just like that, I'm back to hating all aspects of this book.
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