Variants of this grotesque victim-blaming argument include the "if the woman had not dressed provocatively, she would not have been raped;" and the "if the woman had not angered her husband, he would not have beaten her".
That so many of the film's grisliest sights are now available to view online may dampen its impact, but it also strengthens The Killing Of America's argument that grotesque violence has become so culturally routine as to be almost unremarkable.
Ritual and narrative are the basic ways by which we learn what it is to be human, and I don't think it's grotesque imperialism to regard arguments about which rituals and narratives are truly religious ones – whether or not their conclusions are atheistic.
The arguments for the grotesque inequalities of pay are twofold: the universities cannot afford to offer pay rises "given current conditions", and senior executive salaries must stay competitive to attract the best talent.
Where Xan is merely a vessel for an argument, Clint is a full-blown, turbocharged grotesque.
The grotesque scene of his poaching in a Kenyan National Park in 2014 is where Dawson begins his argument for an anti-capitalist approach to the "tidal wave of extinction" washing across the planet.
The situation is grotesque.
