On a practical level, a 400-page book has more room to fit in multiple narratives than a two-hour film does.
就算从实际角度考虑,一本400页的书里面能装下多重叙述的空间也要比一部两个小时的电影来得多。
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As Keynes pointed out, the economists who most influence practical men of action are the defunct ones whose scribblings have had time to percolate from the seminar room to wider conversations.