Elisha Cuthbert Claims Torture Porn Is Actually Feminism?

“I set out to make a film about a woman who fights for her life and comes out in the end sort of strong and learns something from her experience.”- Foxy intellectual and noted philosopher Elisha Cuthbert shrugs off the controversy surrounding her upcoming torture porn film, “Captivity,” and pathetically attempts to defend the movie’s enslaved and sadistic treatment of women. [Cinematical]

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Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.

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