On 1/9/06 8:51 PM, "Dejan Nikolic" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I would like to add that there is also an increased interest in S&M
Dejan,
Is it possible that cruelty in entertainment is a constant? Unless you
meant the sex aspect of cruelty, which may wax and wane in public.
I can't think of era from which scripts survive, back to Greece and the
Bible, where cruelty isn't a big part of amusing people.
The question of boredom is another poser. I wonder how you'd judge it's
prevalence in history or even today. That's a tough one.
You raise some provocative points and I'm responding in the spirit of
looking more closely.
Personally, I don't go to slasher flicks and I have to look away from
the torture scenes. Even the scene in Goodfellas where Jimmy, Henry, and
Tommy stomp Billy Batts in the bar is too heavy to watch. But I'm not
immune to the thrill of some kinds of cruelty onscreen.
Cordially,
Dv
Doug vanderHoof
Producer/Owner
Modern Media
Bucktown, Chicago
(773)394-0029
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