“Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it? There may be sex or nudity or violence in the script, and then you have to say: Is it gratuitous just out to shock people? Or is it there because it has to be? If a role demands it, and it isn't gratuitous, I'll do it. It's my job, after all. I'm an actress.” PeopleIfsMayJobsAsksSexRolesViolenceDemandScriptsActressesShockNudity Author:Julie Andrews
“America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun?” WorldDoeCountryAmericaAsksUnited StatesDemocracyViolenceMysteryMetsHorrorGunViolentShootingShockOther Countries Author:Patricia Cornwell
“Dunbar-Ortiz strips us of our forged innocence, shocks us into new awareness, and draws a straight line from the sins of our fathers-settler-colonialism, the doctrine of discovery, the myth of manifest destiny, white supremacy, theft and systematic killing-to the contemporary condition of permanent war, invasion and occupation, mass incarceration, and the constant use and threat of state violence.” WarStatesUseFatherLinesSinWhiteDestinyViolenceConditionsAwarenessMassDrawsDiscoveryConstantThreatKillingMythDoctrineContemporaryInnocencePermanentShockOccupationManifestColonialismWhite SupremacyInvasionOur FatherTheftSystematicSupremacyStraight LinesForgedIncarcerationSettlersMass IncarcerationManifest Destiny Author:Bill Ayers
“Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.” DoeDoneViolenceHigherCivilizationHorrorVictimAcceptedInvisibleDefinedShockHierarchyUnthinkableUnnoticed Author:Derrick Jensen
“I hated Shallow Grave, that movie made me angry. And I hated Happiness. I generally hate movies that use extreme violence or gratuitous shock value in place of having a heart. For example: movies that combine extremely sadistic violence with humor I find offensive.” HeartMadeUseValuesHateViolenceExampleI HateAngryExtremesGravesHatedShockOffensiveShallowSadisticShock Value Author:Jesse Michaels
“[Ending] is partly drawn from a desire to shock the audience, to brutally de-romanticize what many Americans think is happening overseas. And partly drawn from my own childhood: violence and a loss of innocence. But keep in mind that, as a writer, I'm both the criminal and the victim. I'm not trying to get out of anything easy.” ThinkingTryingMindDesireEasyMy OwnLossAudienceViolenceChildhoodHappeningsVictimCriminalsInnocenceShockLoss Of Innocence Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“I knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood. And there's this tremendous sense of absence and shock and violence attendant to that collapsing tree.” GoneCuttingViolenceTreeGrewAbsenceShockFarmersFirewood Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's incredible shock and violence about that.” IfsYearsViolenceTreeOne DayIncrediblesShock Author:Andy Goldsworthy