Saw this at the Touchstone blog.
Apparently the Sundance Film Festival has premiered a film about bestiality. A review is here. I noted that the person who wrote the review used the terms ‘elegant’ and ‘beautiful’ to describe this movie on a subject the director describes as “the last taboo, on the boundary of something comprehensible.” Not long ago it would have been incomprehensible. The way things are going in a few years it will not only be ‘comprehensible’ but no longer taboo, and what is today unimaginable will be comprehensible. I also noted that twice the term ‘marriage’ was used as a metaphor to describe the movie’s style.
“It happens,” the filmmaker said, “so it’s part of who we are.”
Some people say discussing or even thinking about a topic desensitizes us to that topic and allows us to rationalize anything. And so taboos are born. I just can’t believe that thinking something or discussing any topic affects my judgment of good and bad. Obviously though, the language used to describe this film is, err, odd.