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...a low opinion he has of our work, but...'' She stood up and went over to sit on the other arm of John's chair. ''He reminded me about the sort of programmes people used to watch when we were children. Good dramas, John. Documentaries. When was the last time you saw a documentary that didn't feature a celebrity? Quality television, rather than the cheap predictable rubbish we, and everyone else in television puts out these days. Isn't it time the celebrities went back to doing what made them famous, instead of appearing in programmes doing something else?
John looked at his minibook screen, then up at Sally.
''Who would write this stuff?''
''Well, that's the good part. It's already been written. Austen, Trollope, Dickens, Hardy. There's so much to choose from. And maybe writers will start writing specifically for television again. Imagine, John.''
John looked at his sister. Perhaps she was right. Could it be time to escape from Reality?
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