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Friday, November 14, 2025

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Breaking Point: What was the appeal of torture porn?

Serious question, is there art that is not worth understanding? 

Because if you look hard enough, there’s artistic justification for just about anything. The kind of artistic justification that seems so convincing in the moment, but falls apart the moment you try to explain it to anyone. I’ve seen think pieces on the subtle queerness of a comedy TV show from the late 1990s and early 2000s. About how the escapades of its cast showcased men being comfortable and accepting of each other’s bodies in close proximity to each other at a virulently homophobic point in modern culture. That show? Jackass

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