I can't say in earnest that I understood everything in this essay. I am truly not smart enough to understand many of the references that Wilde makes, which did make this quite dense and difficult to read at times. However, as for the ideas that I do understand, I agree with some but not others. Regardless of that, though, there are certainly thought-provoking ideas here, along with humor and clever word play, with the overall whole feeling both sincere and insincere at the same time. And as a classical pianist, I had fun with the pretentious dialogue about art (especially with the numerous references to classical music).