The Empty Mirror
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There is magic
in enormity, my doctor--

:20:32
overwhelming,
like a dominant father.

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Yes, but...
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the art is in disguising
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the technique.
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Brutality must be wrapped
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in velvet.
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That is what
distinguishes us

:20:53
from say...
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a thug like Stalin.
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Hitler: Wagner made
the exorbitant demand

:21:08
that the stage become
an hypnotic instrument

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under the power
of the artist.

:21:15
l impose the same demand
on Germany.

:21:27
History is an error
to be rewritten

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be the visionary
playwright.

:21:39
While Wagner brought
the German myths

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to the operatic stage,
:21:42
l brought them
to the world.

:21:48
l am the superman,
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the Teutonic knight
:21:56
on the quest
for the Holy Grail.


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