Reply #36: That's not one you can easily forget. [View All]

[CBHagman]

Sybil, with its implied torture, is one of the most disturbing pieces of television I've ever seen. In fact, that makes a point about older films: Sometimes the implied is as powerful, if not more so, than the gratuitously depicted.

As for graphic violence, I don't actively seek it out and will often avoid movies with particularly disturbing elements. I've no use whatsoever for the current obsession with scenes of sadism or its aftermath, and the fact that so many people consume a diet of this dreck on a regular basis concerns me.

Then again, there are other ways the media encourages voyeurism and lack of empathy (both traits you don't want to cultivate in anyone). And human brutality and the watching is nothing new at all, not at all.