The Stranger, August 2nd, 2007
Torture!
Call me "old-timey," but it seems like you can't swing a diabetic cat these days without hitting some movie where a bunch of teenagers are being physically tortured. There's Saw, Hostel, Saw II, Hostel II, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. Now, I like the idea of torturing teenagers just as much as the next sadistic homicidal maniac with a pair of sharpened needle-nose pliers-but I don't see it as "entertainment." It's more of a cultural necessity! The girls all dress like prostitutes, the boys are all sex-crazed lunatics, and yet it's become increasingly difficult to tortur...
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