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Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system! Violence inherent in the system!
— Dennis · Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker cries out for help, claiming to be repressed, and calls on onlookers to witness the violence built into the system. Repeating the slogan turns it into a loud protest. The comic force comes from a grand complaint about oppression delivered as a shouted, attention-seeking performance.
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