Quote:Platypus:
One thought did occur to me, that I hesitate to mention, for fear that those who liked the volume will be offended. But I just have to mention the elephant in the room. The series has a undertone (admittedly vague) of sado-eroticism.
I'd like to diverge here; I think that this is an important observation and it has a general application, so far as I'm concerned.
Much has been said in praise of the TV series "Game of Thrones". While I liked and enjoyed it for quite a while, it came to me that one of the subtle, but significant, reasons I liked watching it was that it was very close to soft-core porn.
Yep. That's what set the hook, in my opinion.
I now suspect that these sub-textual appeals are more common than I had first realized, simple rube that I am.
--Sawfish
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