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Wow, it's terrible and hard to follow. The conflict seems to involve an academic quarrel with no obvious reason it would get resolved at the anti-climax. Is this a joke?

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It reads very much like an English comedy of manners / Oscar Wilde piece, where status and social structure set up the problems and comedy.

Indeed, thats why it ages so poorly. Compare that to something like Brave New World.

You’re reading someone’s summary of Huxley’s synopsis. I think it’s safe to assume that the full screenplay would have given more context.

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