Its somber eloquence sings of truths that are personal yet not confessional, making the time-honored distinction between a Classical and a Romantic sensibility difficult to apply.
The moral of these stories is that living in a welter of electronic information, much of it confessional, makes us think we think we know a lot about other people.
A 14-year-old girl (Christine Tremarco) reveals during confession that her father is sexually abusing her, but she refuses to tell her mother, and the sanctity of the confessional makes it impossible for the priest to speak up.
Her confessional interviews made headlines the world over, but some dismiss them as phoney emotionalism.
The chance discovery of a video camera and a set of confessional tapes made by a woman who has long held herself responsible for the disappearance and probable death of a childhood friend inspires Milo to put his O.C.D. to better use by tracking down the lost friend.
He'd tried to understand the songs, but the soft confessional intimacy made him uneasy.
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL After making a couple of runs at modern rock, Chris Carrabba, the emo singer-songwriter behind Dashboard Confessional, is ready to — how do the politicians put it?
Confessional comedy makes you expose what most people find infuriating, pathetic or repulsive.
Its value has only to do with the shock level of its confessional message, making it akin to the rapper Eminem's lyrics, and equally ephemeral.
