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Secretary 2002
I’m fucking horrified that this was made. I am in recovery from severe self-harm, and none of this is okay. this is not about a woman liberating herself through bdsm, something which I pass no judgement on, this is about a mentally ill woman finding a new way to hurt herself. the only reason she stops cutting is because she’s begun to be spanked; the scenes come consecutively, so it’s perfectly clear that she’s replacing one source of pain with…
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The Reader 2008
thanks only to this film, I now see bernhard schlink’s novel for the masterpiece it is.
to what extent can hanna, and by extension those like her, be held personally accountable for the holocaust? her actions were abhorrent, but as michael’s professor states, innumerable people worked in the concentration camps. are each of them guilty to the same degree, or can the blame be weighted as it is after hanna lies about writing the report? does the fact that it wasn’t…
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