It's easy to write off early black and white horror films, given so much of the dull, tame output of the Hays Code era. The Black Cat defies all expectations, pitting Karloff and Lugosi against each other in a tale of old world depravity with new Art Deco trappings.
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Even if you could work out an argument where shitting on Detroit in Detroit was super smart 14d chess, it’s still making it glaringly obvious for the nth time that he thinks that cities are vile sinks of depravity in a way that would be career-killing if a Dem said it about, say, rural Kentucky
there are levels of depravity, and there are people who don’t cut their chicken wings into flats and drummies
These people see America’s greatest cities as centers of depravity, excessive tolerance, and political opposition. They also see them as power centers they’ve lost, a place whose economic fortunes rightly belong to them. They’d kill us all if they could.
For-profit media thinks the utter depravity and chaos of another Trump administration will be lucrative and wow is democracy fucked
Why must you create pieces that appeal entirely to my dark nature, wanting to just subject myself entirely to sheer depravity.
That news report on the NDLEA requiring spousal approval for married women seeking to travel out of the country is straight out of Depravity Central. The "broken windows theory" should have us turf out the NDLEA's entire leadership if policymaking is to have any hope here.
genuinely thought you'd used the Dutch word as an illustration of the depravity of the Dutch language
the depravity of trump's messaging to his 'low-information' and 'poorly educated' cult followers is echoed by the NYfT's messaging to its educated and politically-informed readership. it's equally depraved.
