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In the theater, the radio that crackles on and off signals a world elsewhere; and when it's repaired and the stage is flooded with music and the sisters--beaten down, confronted with only the grimmest of economic and social prospects--begin to dance and then lose themselves in the freedom of the dance, the moment is truly cathartic.
In contrast, the Euro-skeptic Times of London speculated that the collective action might, in fact, represent a further avoidance of individual responsibility, and worried about the possible "renomination" of the entire commission (an idea floated by Santer Tuesday): "This supposedly cathartic drama could end up as a 'Japanese' purge, in which heads roll only to ensure that things continue much as before, with much the same discredited cast.
Indeed, the cathartic opportunities presented by such images, whether sentimental or aesthetic, have a long history of overwhelming any questions of documentary value.
3) The overhyping is good because it is cathartic and encourages vigilance.
It'd certainly be more cathartic for the anti-smoking forces, and probably less painful for the tobacco industry, than the farcical death by a thousand cuts process that's currently underway in Washington.