vivisection

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Dahl’s wit may be mostly used for emotional vivisection, but it still glitters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

His criticism workshops, a curricula staple for budding critics and dramaturgs, were an experience in literary vivisection, as he homed in on every cliché and woolly idea in that week’s student essay.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Peter Morgan’s popular vivisection of the British royal family, back for its fifth season on Netflix after a two-year wait, has consumed more than its share of pixels, including three feature articles in this newspaper.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Only Charles’s second wife, Camilla, whom Brown depicts as horse-y and unflappable, escapes royal vivisection.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

Men sneered at vivisection, and yet look at its results to-day!

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker