In the words of Ecclesiastes, "simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth -- it is the truth that conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true". The statement "rosebud" by Citizen Kane is an example of the simulacrum in process. For as Tomson investigates, the truth of this statement becomes incessantly concealed by different perspectives. In the land of simulacrum, the detective is only left with motley piles still producing as always already were for a conclusion to a case.

(Covell)

Connects to:
Realism