A new form of catharsis is emerging, one thatgoesbeyond an attraction to parallel worlds and dark romanticism to twist and reveal society’s perversions. It can be found in today’s fascination for fiction that revels in a celebration of deviance : sadistic cruelty, decadent behaviors and characters, controversial sexuality… Between Eros and Thanatos, attraction and repulsion, the questions they raise on the difference between good and bad could in fact be more constructive than detrimental. Confronting neuroses and impulses, enhanced by elaborate staging, is one way to free oneself from them.EMERGING SIGNS: FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS
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