What's with the bright, shiny sadism you've displayed within this ep?
Borderline: there's the Freak-Hunter getting his jollies while Clark hops around like a frog on a skillet. Okay, you skated by, with Lionel denouncing it as such.
But, then there's the disturbing extreme of what you had done to Lana.
Writers, I'm afraid you've missed quite spectacularly the distinction between being cruel (what we expect from a Baddie), and being outright sadistic (what we recoil from as 'too much') - compounded by the zeal and relish with which the Director had Braniac deliver his information to Clark.
Three days later, Folks, and people are still mentioning how queasy it makes them feel. You know the bit: "...excruciating pain; she just can't express it."
What? You're moonlighting as coaches for our future sociopaths who are out there taking notes?
Oh, and, uh, family hour entertainment? Well, it does not involve causing emotional recoil of the very audience you've been engaging up to that point - that is, the audience members who are still not inured.
Oh, and, one more thing: A Good Artist Knows When To Stop.
Fail!
Borderline: there's the Freak-Hunter getting his jollies while Clark hops around like a frog on a skillet. Okay, you skated by, with Lionel denouncing it as such.
But, then there's the disturbing extreme of what you had done to Lana.
Writers, I'm afraid you've missed quite spectacularly the distinction between being cruel (what we expect from a Baddie), and being outright sadistic (what we recoil from as 'too much') - compounded by the zeal and relish with which the Director had Braniac deliver his information to Clark.
Three days later, Folks, and people are still mentioning how queasy it makes them feel. You know the bit: "...excruciating pain; she just can't express it."
What? You're moonlighting as coaches for our future sociopaths who are out there taking notes?
Oh, and, uh, family hour entertainment? Well, it does not involve causing emotional recoil of the very audience you've been engaging up to that point - that is, the audience members who are still not inured.
Oh, and, one more thing: A Good Artist Knows When To Stop.
Fail!
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