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Maow

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« Reply #9315 on: October 28, 2014, 08:17:04 AM »
in part,

Maow

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« Reply #9316 on: October 28, 2014, 08:17:19 AM »
inspired Wallace to become a writer,

Maow

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« Reply #9317 on: October 28, 2014, 08:17:49 AM »
and he is now appalled by Conroy's willingness to engage with the corporate world and with the blurring of lines between advertising and writing as an artform.

Maow

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« Reply #9318 on: October 28, 2014, 08:18:35 AM »
That Conroy's essay is not presented as an advertisement is “sinister [in] the cumulative effect that such dishonesty has on us” and it therefore “causes despair”.

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9319 on: October 28, 2014, 08:19:11 AM »

Maow

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« Reply #9320 on: October 28, 2014, 08:20:15 AM »
Lurking beneath the illusory facade of consumerism is another reality occasionally glimpsed.

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9321 on: October 28, 2014, 08:20:48 AM »

Maow

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« Reply #9322 on: October 28, 2014, 08:21:09 AM »
It is one in which a hierarchy of staff work tirelessly and fearfully,

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9323 on: October 28, 2014, 08:21:16 AM »

Maow

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« Reply #9324 on: October 28, 2014, 08:21:31 AM »
their performances evaluated by hard-nosed supervisors with “evaluation sheets”,

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9325 on: October 28, 2014, 08:21:42 AM »

Maow

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« Reply #9326 on: October 28, 2014, 08:21:57 AM »
their work conditions a “reign of Hellenic terror” and who depend on the tips of kindly passengers to make a living.

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9327 on: October 28, 2014, 08:22:05 AM »

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9328 on: October 28, 2014, 08:22:22 AM »

Nate from Kalamazoo

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« Reply #9329 on: October 28, 2014, 08:22:39 AM »