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Jiang's dramatic image for how Satan could convert Dante's attachment to Virgil into leverage for temptation.
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bargaining chip
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Where's Virgil in this movie? What happens to Virgil? Right? Because they went on this long journey together. What happens to Virgil? What would..."
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Jiang imagines Satan using Virgil as a bargaining chip by freezing him, terrifying Dante, and then retelling cosmic history so that God appears evil and Satan good.
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"Where's Virgil in this movie? What happens to Virgil? Right? Because they went on this long journey together. What happens to Virgil? What would..."
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"...right? He'd be frozen. And Satan would use Virgil as a bargaining chip and says, listen, your friend now is frozen. If you love..."
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"...want and i tell the united states hey here's my new bargaining chip and so that's that's my big worry with um a ground..."
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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