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Wilkomirski/Doesseker traffics in the most appalling subset of the most gruesome atrocities known to humankind--the brutal degradation and casual annihilation of uncomprehending children.
On several occasions he explicitly described the killing of large numbers of Jews, and his speeches put the basic jargon of "removal," annihilation," and "destruction" in place.
"[T]he annihilation of everything Cannes has stood for" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). "A spectacular triumph of style over substance," says the Washington Post 's Rita Kempley.
Tyler's manifesto calls for an end to consumerism ("Things you own end up owning you"), and since society is going down ("Martha Stewart is polishing brass on the Titanic "), the only creative outlet left is annihilation.
All these last several decades I have been overwhelmed with feelings of horror & despair; annihilation; nothingness; barrenness & void.