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Example sentences for: sadism

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The critical consensus on this romantic comedy: more sadism than laughs.
Adults, or at least most adults, recognize this as a species of black comedy, albeit one that expresses a real sadism on the part of the director.
But otherwise there is some pleasant geometry, some mostly unremarkable portraits, some jazzy fashion shots that culminate in Helmut Newton's high-gloss simulated sadism.
Another reason the critics are letting Bloomfield get away with it: As the Truman Show also made clear this week, sadism makes for great television, and great television excuses everything.
But mostly the fascination stems from a kind of arm's-length sadism.