> The arousing of lust and self-disapproval leads to the specific pornographic effect of wished-for punishment... The image of punishment is often provided in the film itself, as its poetic justice. Such self-punishment is evil in itself; but worse is that usually it is projected far and wide as vindictive hatred of scapegoats. And alternatively, it seeks for allies in mass suicide, as if to say, “We are #NotWorthyToLive.”
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