Well, I saw part of the 1984 opera last night - the first part - cripes! In the book you do get that people are so indoctrinated, but the opera, it was so scary just hearing people sing about how great Newspeak is because "fewer words = less thinking"... and the cheering at the public hangings was gruesome! I didn't see it all because I was tired, but it is something I'll have to watch out for again. DH hasn't read the book so I spent quite a while telling him what was going on between songs, which was quite good for my recap too.