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A comment on The Inner Ring (1944).

Re:The Inner Ring (1944) by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @12:23PM (#38698475)
> The association between him and me in the public mind has already gone quite as deep as I wish

Perhaps he is talking about The Screwtape Letters[0]? I find that book to be awesome stuff. It is definitely Christian moralism, which I could do without, but it is mainly guidance on basic self-appraisal; regardless of the religious (or non-religious) context.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters

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Re:The Inner Ring (1944) by johngossman on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @12:32PM (#38698606)
I have a tape of this read by John Cleese. At several points he goes full Monty Python rant and it’s hilarious.
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Re:The Inner Ring (1944) by infertainment on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @09:45PM (#38704870)
Yes!

e.g. when he turns into a centipede about 5 minutes into letter 22:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAJOstiPwiE&t=7474s

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