theater of cruelty
Example Sentences
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The ideas set her on fire, and they are certainly better than the theater of cruelty that is Peter’s court.
From Slate ● May 15, 2020
He was inspired by Antonin Artaud, a 20th century French dramatist who conceptualized a theater of cruelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2019
“What level of poetry and abstraction are we dealing with in this case, as opposed to balls-to-the-wall theater of cruelty and violence? And who knows who’s going to be in the audience and seeing this?”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2019
This harshly lighted theater of cruelty is the dramatic heart of “Monday Mornings.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2013
Another possibility is the theater of cruelty, a kind of sauna bath of the senses, designed to leave playgoers shocked and tingling at every emotional pore.
From Time Magazine Archive
