Powers achieves a subtler music, but, for all its fascination, it tends to fade as the pages are turned.
The issues they raise deserve more attention, but I will persist in this entry on the issue of black reparations for slavery because as I hope we will agree it retains its fascination despite its age.
Still, if it is no Vegas – for a start it is roughly 1,400 years older – it is not without its fascination.
But part of its fascination is that it's replete with misunderstanding, some of it deliberate.
In truth, the relationship is as complicated in its entanglements as it is morbid in its fascination.
One could say that in presenting this scene, she is pandering to Western voyeuristic tendencies, its fascination with what it sees as another culture's failings.
It may be a play full of cinematic echoes, but in its fascination with sex and death it is pure Terry Johnson.
Though it hardly qualifies as escapist reading, its fascination with historical detail and celebration of raw courage make it hard to resist.
For instance, you could write, "Scotland is a fascinating country, and part of its fascination lies in its rich natural resources".
The strangeness of all this, it goes without saying, only adds to its fascination.
The movie has more anger than it knows what to do with; that's its fascination and its weakness, too.
