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>The trick is to come up with short scenes that ordinarily produce powerful
>affective responses even when taken out of context. Here's where I need
>your help. Can you suggest stand-alone scenes that you think produce
>extraordinary responses in any of the following categories?
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> Mirth
> Sadness
> Anxiety
> Disgust or shock
> Excitement
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How about the scene in Quentin Tarantino's _Reservoir Dogs_, in which one
of the guys cuts the policeman's ear off and throws gasoline on him to a
Gerry Rafferty song? That stands out as one of the most gut-wrenching
scenes I have ever witnessed.
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Kristine J. Butler
Department of French and Italian
University of Minnesota
"To dissect is a form of revenge."
-Gustave Flaubert
