However, Kaufman does not fully celebrate this victory. The production of the play within the asylum involves the inmates acting out their various psychoses, resulting in a chaotic and disturbing spectacle. This suggests that while free speech is inevitable, it is not without cost. Unbridled expression can be dangerous, but the alternative—totalitarian silence—is fatal to the human spirit.
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