I can remember altogether too well how shocked and depressed I was when I first read R.U.R. (I was probably fourteen or so, which would make it more than thirty years ago.) Despite its ostensibly happy ending, the play has a very dystopian vision of the world.
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branchandroot
Exactly so
Date: 2003-08-23 11:19 am (UTC)I can remember altogether too well how shocked and depressed I was when I first read R.U.R. (I was probably fourteen or so, which would make it more than thirty years ago.) Despite its ostensibly happy ending, the play has a very dystopian vision of the world.