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after all, a book is the same when I read it as it is when you read it and it is even more solitary than watching tv.



A book is not even the same when I read it and when I read it.

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Mozart/Rap. I guess I fundamentally don't understand the comparison: I don't know how you would say one was better, worse or equal. I prefer tomatoes to post hole diggers, except when I'm building fences.

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Great passage, reb.

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In truth, I lean toward Mav's position on television.

But I don't think much of Six Feet Under.

And I don't think (TV) *can* be anything much different than what it already is, but worse.

And that is a statement about television, not about people who watch television.

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I can't recommend enough Richard Pryor's comeback movie, the routine about his relationship with his crack pipe.