Reasons for Applause

[digna_sofia]

I actually have similar sentiments applied to literature. ^^; Shock value or moral grandstanding seem to get in the way of outstanding storytelling and overall thematic structure. And in an attempt to justify it, they just try to slap meaning into any old thing.

Pissing blood, for example, has no true meaning beyond the gut-wrenching disgust. People just say it symbolizes some shitty thing like "enthusiastic self-abuse" or "world poison".