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Page image: Is there a wider shot where it is more obvious what she\'s holding? (It\'s a \'\'pencil\'\', right?)
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As much as I like this page I have the same problem with it. Many examples here are classics that may indeed not be known to most of the general public or young teenagers, but are still available in libraries and stores for those who are interested. Most have never gone out of print. Many titles are even required reading or viewing in schools and universities. In fact: if someone hasn\'t checked these works out it\'s more because they aren\'t interested or aware of them in the first place. Or because people are just too young. I can imagine a 15 year old troper never having seen \
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As much as I like this page I have the same problem with it. Many examples here are classics that may indeed not be known to most of the general public or young teenagers, but are still available in libraries and stores for those who are interested. Most have never gone out of print. Many titles are even required reading or viewing in schools and universities. In fact: if someone hasn\\\'t checked these works out it\\\'s more because they aren\\\'t interested or aware of them in the first place.

Or because people are just too young. I can imagine a 15 year old troper never having seen \\\'\\\'Film/SinginInTheRain\\\'\\\', but let\\\'s be honest here: that film is still regularly shown on TV. If you grow older and really want to see it you\\\'re bound to have a chance to do so sooner or later.

In some cases it\\\'s just PopCultureIsolation or WeAllLiveInAmerica. \\\'\\\'Literature/MobyDick\\\'\\\' is considered a classic in many American schools where it is put on the required reading lists, but not as much in European schools. Creator/WilliamShakespeare is required reading in all English-speaking countries, but in other countries he may be discussed in a general overview during literature class, but without people actually having to read or attend one of his plays. I can imagine Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe being nothing more than a name to many people outside German speaking countries, but within countries like Germany, Switzerland or Austria, to name a few, he is still on the curriculum.
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