The Donkey Routine
Did anyone else find this section a wee bit unsettling?
The whole thing, rehearsed or not, seemed to be based on frightening the poor beasts and eliciting stress responses. Over and over and over. Before a delighted crowd.
I'm not really in the habit of shunning outright those films which flirt with animal mistreatment, and there are arguably much more serious cases out there, but those were some mighty uncomfortable minutes.
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I suppose on a clear day you can see the class struggle from here.