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Revenge Stories: Who really needs revenge?
Why do we love seeing revenge played out on screen? Some of cinema’s most iconic moments are from revenge movies. But revenge narratives are some of the oldest in our culture, like Homer’s Odyssey and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. And within the simple framework, there are nuances in how revenge is depicted, how it changes depending on who is doing the revenge, and what the end result is when all the dust has settled. While on an instinctive level we all understand revenge – and how it can seem alluringly satisfying – but do revenge narratives that celebrate the vindictive anti-hero enact an unhealthy fantasy that we should be trying to get away from?
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00:00 What good is revenge?
01:04 A primal instinct we love to see played out
03:52 It matters who's getting vengeance
07:33 Is there room for forgiveness?
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