“the torch” #36 – High trash

Be funny or die trying – well, that’s a way to put it. Whether you think it particularly tasteful is another matter, but one probably worth looking into. The humorous adventure of serving something which is not quite in line with common taste and liking – in film, it must be handled with good care and graciousness if it is not to spoil everything and make a movie lose all audience support. Where tackiness is concerned, we do have our very distinct and personally defined limits, each and every one of us, that would tell at which point fun is ending and a nuisance begins (or vice versa). Not to overstep this border, or if so, to do it discerningly and as just a minor offence which is entertaining because it is tolerable, that’s the task precisely and needs to be negotiated every time anew. “The Torch” addresses this issue of (im)moderation in generating the right effects: here.

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