The Routinization of Mittelwerk

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Mittelwerk at aol.com writes:

> that's it?  i put out top-notch incendiary product and get
> back--what?--two, three direct flames and one fawning compliment?
> ONE FAWNING COMPLIMENT!
> Shit.

That's C20th charisma for you - 15 minutes maximum (dead royalty
excepted, of course). If it's any help, I chuckled - the best I could
manage. After two weeks of Saint Diana of Harrods deliberate irony
seems just tame by comparison.


Andrew Dinn
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How do you know but ev'ry bird that cuts the airy way
Is an immense world of pleasure clos'd by your senses five