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For me, it's the opposite. I find it much easier to come across Ken Saro-Wiwa.

I didn't graft anything at all. I said that the Theatre will certainly be a cultured group, but not because it quotes Cèline or Ken Saro... because these are characters within reach of anyone, and if that anyone is astonished at the name of one of these gentlemen, they should be quite worried about their own education, given that it is essentially zero. Stop. Then you came along saying, "Don't play these games, because I'm above you, I quote and explain Carlo Michelstaedter," which sounds great, like if I suddenly walked into my barber's to talk to him about William Faulkner and stream of consciousness. And you know what he would do, with his third grade education? He would rightly tell me to take a hike in fifteen seconds. Anyway, without trying to be too clever, intellectual = intus + legere. Guess what it means!?! Good job, you can write it down; it always comes in handy, and try again with some other user.

I understand that some may not like the writing style, which is indeed quite ordinary, but there are pages of his that are worth entire bibliographies... like the first page of L'Idiota or the escape after the old woman's murder in Delitto e Castigo. Strange that you didn't like L'Idiota, I would have sworn otherwise, as it's a bit of a hypothesis about what would happen if there were a second coming of the son of God... which Pasolini also explored, more recently, with Teorema. Anyway, L'Idiota is my favorite.

"That there are names that are more difficult (in what sense? Glottological? Etymological?) compared to Saro-Wiwa is quite debatable." I was referring to fame. Of course, the little joke is cute, but "strafamoso" means fame, that is how famous a person is. Don’t tell me you understood Michelstaedter and thus feel compelled to explain it to everyone, while you didn’t grasp a simple expression like "If you don’t know a cultured person who is also super famous, you're done for. It’s not like we’re asking you to memorize the thoughts of Ugo Spirito, which wouldn’t be bad anyway." ...that would be quite strange.

Okay, you wanted to compete, otherwise you wouldn't have bothered to explain anything to me, assuming that your interlocutor doesn't know what you know. It's not like "Persuasion and Rhetoric" was read only by you; it's not your "cultural" property. You don't have to explain anything to me. What an intellectual should or shouldn't do is already outlined in the etymology of the word; everything else is nonsense.

"Of course, we're in a bad way if we give all this weight to not knowing Saro-Wiwa." In fact, we're talking about Ken Saro, a hugely famous person. If you don't know a well-known cultural figure, you're done for. We're not asking you to memorize the thoughts of Ugo Spirito, which wouldn't be a bad thing either. In fact. Saviano may be annoying, but he's doing the one thing that is asked of an intellectual, which is to engage with reality. If an intellectual doesn’t engage with reality, they don’t exist. That being said, things get a lot worse if we start competing over who can mention the most obscure name just to give ourselves a sense of importance.

"Honestly, how many people have you heard talking about Ken Saro-Wiwa?" I wouldn't know. I know that the night before I was talking about him with a friend and the next day Saviano mentioned him on Fazio's show. "However, I think that artists could take one more step, for example, I have rarely come across a group that talks about the mafia and camorra." There are the Co'Sang. For me, groups should talk about what comes to their throat. If the Camorra comes up, then they should talk about the Camorra. If they feel like talking about peperonata, then let them talk about peperonata. "How many people do you think the Teatro Degli Orrori aims to reach have read something by Ken Saro-Wiwa?" Well, I told you that we are in ruins. I said it before you, take that. :)

Giola, I also think that Polina is not well-drawn. I believe it’s due to two reasons: 1) the time... writing with creditors on your heels cannot be a pleasant experience. 2) the love with three capital M’s. Essentially, Dostoevsky sketched Polina following the traces of his turbulent and spasmodic love and then sweetened it because of the affection that was blossoming just as he was writing this novel. It must not have been easy. And, as we know, he was someone who let himself be possessed by passions; he couldn't remain rational in the face of the "new". However, he would succeed in The Idiot, where there is the terrible Nastasja Filìpovna, who alone makes the novel a masterpiece, entirely inspired by Apollinarija Suslova. Kosmo, don't even say it. I'm just waiting for them to invent teleportation.

"Alfano? Oh my God, no, I would never say he is a handsome man!!" Okay, all good then :)

And who gets mad!?! You can even say that Minister Alfano is a handsome man.