torture porn
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Our reluctance to think of Spector’s music as a kind of torture porn gets at the problem with the moral leeway we allow when we anoint artistic geniuses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2021
And I completely understand the dismay of “Detroit’s” critics, who take issue with both Bigelow’s experimental approach and iconography they equate with torture porn and voyeurism.
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2017
It’s veered away from slashers and torture porn to more substantive, nuanced films that comment on social issues and possess an aesthetic vision.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017
Like last season’s Broadway casualty “Enron” this chilly comedy is dynamic theater, but it feels a bit like financial torture porn.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2010
Made for less than $100,000 in LA last year, LA Zombie is described by LaBruce as "a reaction against torture porn".
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2010
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