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The premise is that an accomplished playwright, whose star is falling, receives a magnificent manuscript from a former student and so he plans to off his protege and appropriate his play, to the (loud) protests of his wife.

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And I hope you'll come with me on my basic premise that words matter, that they shape the way we understand ourselves, the way we interpret the world and the way we treat others.

You know, it basically uses as its central premise Greek mythology.

And it's based on the premise that there are certain things that are easy for people, but really difficult for computers.

Now as seductive as the idea of control sounds, it's a false premise.

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