Word: serialization
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...priest's ritual cleaning and kissing of altar boys' feet leading to sexually charged stares between the man and the woman who will become his beloved ("El/This Strange Passion," 1952). The coup de grace is delivered in "Archibaldo de la Cruz" when our hero, an aspiring (but terribly clumsy) serial killer, frightens a nun so badly she plunges down a deep elevator shaft - producing, in most cinemas, a hearty round of laughter...
...your skin crawl. At the same time you want to see more of him-to find out what makes him tick. And it's not often that you want to see more of a character who is a short, creepy, lying, loser who may or may not be a serial killer...
...catch? Solomon was a hoax, perpetrated by serial prankster Joey Skaggs. It's not hard to see the story's appeal. After a socially and racially divisive trial, many Americans--especially non-African Americans--believed that 12 Angelenos had rejected irrefutable DNA evidence to set a murderer free. Solomon played to a machine-age civic fantasy: a bloodless robot, immune to gambits and race cards, that would dispense justice like a candy machine. (Nor is it only a conservative wish; the anti-death penalty crowd has embraced DNA evidence to reopen capital cases...
...There have been other instances when we have had reports of break-ins and have had to increase patrols," Riley said. "At this time, however, I haven't assigned any additional officers. I don't view this as a serial entry...
...want people to be fearful that there's a serial rapist," Riley said, "But I do want them to lock their doors and to be aware of their safety in an urban environment...