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I read the theory once that the human intellectwas like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant displayintended to attract a mate. All of art, literature, a bit of Mozart,William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the Empire State Building. Just an elaborate mating ritual. Maybe it doesn't matter thatwe have accomplished so much for the basest of reasons. But, of course,the peacock can barely fly. It lives in the dirt,pecking insects out of the muck, consoling itself with its great beauty
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I read the theory once
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that the human intellect was like peacock feathers
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Just an extravagant display intended to attract a mate
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All of art literature a bit of Mozart William Shakespeare Michelangelo
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and the Empire State Building
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Just an elaborate mating ritual
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Maybe it doesn't matter that we have accomplished so much
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for the basest of reasons
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But of course the peacock can barely fly
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It lives in the dirt pecking insects out of the muck
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consoling itself with its great beauty
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Movie Summary
At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.