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Originally Posted by Azazel005
I'd like to just mention that I found the plot obscenely offensive and misguided. The film made me angry to the point that my hands trembled. The acting is fine, though the direction I didn't think was anything beyond par. It simply reeked of misguided intentions and from my point of view an utter void of any understanding of S and M.
Right down to the final soft scene being an extremely campy soft tender one.
Not to pick on your opinion or anything dude... I just REALLY hate that movie.
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I have to agree with Az on this one. I watched Secretary and I was so incredibly offended, I barely made it through the film.
I feel as though the controversial issues of self-harm and sadomasochistic sexuality were paraded before the audience strictly to be risque, but didn't serve as an actual representation of the demographic. I felt as though the portrayal of self-harm and S&M were presented in terms of what someone thinks these traits
should be, but not how they actually are.
I don't think that the writer/directors had any understanding of self-mutilation issues and I feel as though it was incredibly dumbed down for the sake of being controversial.
Same with the sadomasochism.