Word: masochisticã
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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Asked a question along these lines at a post-screening Q-and-A on last month’s Sideways promotional tour, Payne looks a bit uncomfortable himself. His first response to the member of the audience—who has suggested the word “masochistic?? to describe Payne’s style—is to supply the word he believes the speaker intended: “sadistic...
...Maybe “masochistic?? wasn’t so far off after all. And this is the point: the things that make films like Sideways and Election so painful apply mostly to a very specific subset of viewers. Their nightmares are drawn directly from the mind of the neurotic, ham-handed male, and probably don’t seem nearly as nightmarish to others in the audience. (Indeed, Payne’s female characters in Sideways, at least, are little more than unmotivated archetypes, advancing the story of the male leads’ mortification.) Payne...
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