Movies
Prison life consists of routine, and then more routine.
— Red • The Shawshank Redemption
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A wry summary of confinement: the days are built from repetition, and then even more repetition. The second "routine" arrives like a heavier weight, capturing how sameness piles up until it becomes the whole texture of life inside.
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