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Re: The Wave
> Also, it seems as if the child could be the man as a child, his more
> innocent self reminding him of its existence.
Now you're finding meaning in the piece! What gives?!
I was wondering about any connotations implied by the use of two estab-
lishments in the story: the film industry (personified by the film
producer) & the art scene (touched on in the art gallery side-story).
Both establishments seem eager to benefit from, or at least commandeer,
the man's suffering (real or fictionalized) & use it to further their
own agendas.
Might the film industry be seen as a metaphor for the press, which in
some cases refuses to acknowledge the good, the pure (the child's wave)
& only seems concerned with what "market research" indicates the public
wants?
And might the art gallery be a metaphor for the anti-child abuse char-
ities who, while operating under good intentions, still make use of
people's suffering to strengthen their own mission?
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