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People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess.
— Dexter Morgan · Dexter
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Dexter extends an ordinary admission about social performance into a claim that every interaction is an act for him. His confidence in doing it well sits uneasily beside calling it a burden. The passage distinguishes appearing socially capable from feeling that those exchanges are genuine.
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