Writing for HS, AM (Scalice, '07)
Sadism at it's greatest
Posted by bhuynh at 2007/07/11 19:01:57 PDT
Sadism, porno-sadism...etc

This is the world at it's end. We have come to love and devour sadism in movies; Saw III, the Grudge, the Ring and Kill Bill Vol. 2 are all terrible works of sadism. David Walsh is horrifically disgusted by all these movies that distract from the reality of life. In Walsh's article about Quentin Taratino's movie, Kill Bill Vol. 2, he muses over the possiblity of these fake sadistic events that are being used to distract the public about the real sadistic events that happen in real life. Abu Ghraib was a very real sadistic event that happened in Iraq, involving several Iraqi detainees that were tortured and brutally injured, just like Kill Bill Vol. 2.

David Walsh talks about porno-sadism as a metaphor. We enjoy sadism as we enjoy pornography. The sadism that we are watching is not in real life; it is exaggerated an put onto a film and a projector for thousands of people to watch. It is the same concept of pornograph, of watching sex pictures or videos about it. Although porno-sadism compares the way sadism is viewed, it also compares the emotions aroused by watching sadistic acts. When one is watching pornography, they feel aroused and a little more exhilarated then usual; obsessive sadistic views get the same high when they watch blood, spit and sweat fly across the screen along with several mutilated arms, a few teeth, and the lower half of a jaw.

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