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Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto
No, it's not. It's saying that you have to bear in mind that media shapes society.
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Art imitates life.
I'm gonna guess we won't meet halfway here.
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Of course it has everything to do with me. Why are my priorities any less valid than yours?
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My priorities make it so you can have the entertainment you want. Your priorities, at its logical conclusion, eventually limits art.
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Film critics regularly excoriate films like The Human Centipede and other torture porn films for being exploitative and crass, as well as just bad films. Do you have a problem with this?
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I don't like the movie and sub-genre so I would be in agreement with those critics. What I didn't see is them ascribing themes to those movies where they knew wasn't intended. Imagine making an observation in Saw 5 pertaining to how hospitals should widen admissions to mental health patients. Not a bad thought per se, but ridiculous when your subject is fucking Saw 5.