I think the article you're looking for may be:
 
McKinney, Devin (1993)  "Violence: The Strong and the Weak." Film Quarterly
46(4): 16-22.
 
Kay
 
>in researching an introduction for a collection on violence in the media, I am
>trying to track down a piece which appeared some time in the last few years --
>perhaps FILM QUARTERLY, altho not sure -- which distinguished between
>instructive violence -- revealing something of the human condition, well
>portrayed so forth -- and gratuitous nastly vile and rotten violence.  Can
>anyone tell me if I am making this up, or if indeed there is such a reference?
>Many thanks
>
>hrgreenberg md endit
>
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 C. Kay Weaver.
 Film and Television Studies.
 University of Waikato,
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