I once knew a person who considered herself as what I call a dithering pussyfooter (in terms of political beliefs). Fundamentally, her reason for disliking An Inspector Calls was the fact that Goole "wasn't very kind to the family". She got on my nerves more than the lunatic right-wing people I've known.
That play had a real effect on me when I was an adolescent, especially since I had been developing my own ideas about socialism. I loved the way Priestly rips into the bourgeoisie and the whole idea of the class system.
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A man walks into a zoo. There's nothing there but one dog. It was a shih-tzu.
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