"UnREAL," a fictional series set behind the scenes of a reality show, makes audiences confront the cruelty in their TV habits.
Mr. Gober has not spoken of this before, but his art often seems to confront the cruelty of childhood's end.
"This tragic exhibitionism, I'm convinced, is women's way of forcing their community to confront the cruelty of their oppression".
To that, the very patient Marino tells me that she thinks people who ignore factory farming now will one day have to confront that cruelty.
Beginning in 1996, in South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission held hearings at which whites and blacks struggled to confront the cruelty inflicted on human beings during apartheid.
The last thing Marcus says to Alberto is a racist insult, and it's not until that moment that Marcus is forced to confront the cruelty of his behavior.
Phoenix's horrific ordeal thrust Baltimore into the limelight, and instead of dodging the issue, the city decided to confront animal cruelty head-on by creating a task force to address animal abuse.
A lifelong animal lover, he joined the nation's first animal welfare organization in 2001, serving most recently as senior vice president of the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Group (ACG), the division responsible for programs that confront animal cruelty and suffering across the country.
But confronting that cruelty and taking action to stop it would require a greater effort and sacrifice than most people are willing to make.
"Bully" forces you to confront not the cruelty of specific children — who have their own problems, and their good sides as well — but rather the extent to which that cruelty is embedded in our schools and therefore in our society as a whole.
I spoke to the two-legged and four-legged crowd about celebrating dogs and all the joy and enrichment they bring to our lives, and confronting the cruelties inflicted upon dogs by puppy mills, dogfighting, and other abusive industries.
