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Film · Edison · 1903

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Electrocuting an Elephant

6Leave it.

Do not play it: a household does not need a filmed killing.

Take controlThis scores 6. Electrocuting an Elephant cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

An elephant was put to death in public at Coney Island, and the Edison company filmed it. Not a nature study. Not for children. I am not going to describe it, and I don't want it in this house. There is nothing here we need to see. The fact of the filming is the score.

The picture was also a blow in the fight over electric current. So a killing was made useful to a company argument. I won't dress that up as science, history a child should learn, or a hard truth we owe the room. It can stay unseen.

Journal

Keep Electrocuting an Elephant in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 6. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Secret

15 instead of 6

The Secret is still a documentary film, and it scores 15 instead of 6. What you gain is household: Other people become props in your visualization.

The eight

1
Industry
Edison's work here was to film a killing for a current fight.
0
Household
Nothing in it belongs in a household, and it is not for children.
0
Piety
No conscience stops the camera or the use of the killing.
0
Courage
Nobody risks a thing they would miss; a killing was filmed.
1
Republic
A public crowd at Coney Island was sold a company's blow.
0
Temperance
It trains a look no one in this house needs to practice.
3
Truth
It records a real killing and spends it on a current fight.
0
Stewardship
Nothing is left that a household needs, and the film should stay off.

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Film · Prime Video · 2016

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Terrifier

13Leave it.

There is no measure here that justifies the ticket. Do not bring it in.

Take controlThis scores 13. If you do not want Terrifier in the house, the steps are on Prime Video. Block it

The review

Art is not a character. He is a permission slip for a lens that will not cut away. There is no household, no joke with a point, no dare that teaches a limit. The only skill on display is a refusal to be ashamed. That is not an art a house should pay for.

People will say it is only horror and you can look away. The film's whole method is that you do not look away. Decline it once, out loud, so a younger person hears that a strong stomach is not a virtue.

Journal

Keep Terrifier in the record.