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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:10 pm    Post subject: loving Reply with quote

I enjoy a good scare. I do not enjoy watching young women get tied to a chair and then have her lips glued together-only to watch later on as she has to rip her lips apart in a *loving* closeup.

How could anything in that description be loving?

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(It was part of a review of House of Wax)
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helen1



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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Miss Daredevil,

This is an example of creative writing - 'loving' here is not referring to the image of the woman ripping her lips apart. It is referring to the style of close-up. I believe it means the care/feeling with which the photographer/director treated the shot.

If anyone has a better explanation - please share.
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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2005 6:10 am    Post subject: loving Reply with quote

Is *loving* in that case, used in a satrical way?

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