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The theater itself is a lie. Its deaths are mere special effects. Its tales never happened. Even the histories are distorted for dramatic effect. The theater is unnatural, a place of imagination. But the theater tells the audience something true: that the world requires judgments.
The theater itself is a lie. Its deaths are mere special effects. Its tales never happened. Even the histories are distorted for dramatic effect. The theater is unnatural, a place of imagination. But the theater tells the audience something true: that the world requires judgments.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Virginia Postrel
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Virginia Postrel: documented birth year 1960; activity date not established. Wikidata Q7934461, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7934461 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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