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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Re: vulgar positioning

 











The garish ring on Mandy's finger; Bill's smarmy grin; Victor's lower half dominating the left half of the screen. Again, Bill's head is crotch-level with Victor. Victor's dominant pose is almost foreboding: is he going to "hit the head (as in, Bill's head)?" Considering Victor doesn't like Bill's eventual "verdict" on Mandy's recovery - let her rest in Victor's bathroom for another hour - Victor's positioning does seem to foreshadow his role as an unscrupulous puppet-master. 



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