[stylist] Reading scary/disturbing material

Tue Jan 10 06:01:13 UTC 2012

I can't do it either because it's either an overactive imagination or a lack 
of ability to separate fiction from real-life.  I still--after 20 some 
years--get creeped out when I think of "Wait Until Dark".  I had to watch it 
for a college theater class.  I, for the most part, do no scary or gory 
stuff.  Some disturbing stuff is kind of okay.  "A Boy Called It", for 
example, was very disturbing but real life stories like that I can do.
Barbara

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. --  
Max Lucado
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From: Donna Hill
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:10 PM
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Bridgit,
Well, you're not the only one out there. I can go over the edge also, and
I'm careful about what I read especially around the holidays. My hubby wants
me to read some Greg Iles, but when I read the annotation on NLS, I had my
doubts. I'm going to try though. I am a huge Harry Potter fan, and there's a
lot in those books which is quite disturbing psychologically, but I managed
not to have much trouble. We can't escape the dark side of life completely,
but some of us have to be a little more careful.
Donna

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Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 5:54 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Reading scary/disturbing material

Shawn,

I like scary stuff but can't always handle it. It's not so much the
reading, or watching in the case of films, that's the problem; it's my
over-active imagination that's the problem, smile. At 30, I still will
freak out about supernatural beings under the bed or waiting to pounce
in the middle of the night or serial killers ripping the shower curtain
down before shredding me to pieces while I shower! And it's weird how I
can handle some things and freak out about others. My hubby is really
into zombies; and we both enjoy the film 28 Days Later. It's creepy and
violent, but I actually liked it and had no problem with it. A couple of
years ago, a sequel came out, 28 Weeks Later, or something like that,
and I literally starting having a panic attack and left the room. Go
figure. I've handled ghost stories and tales of the supernatural before,
but then I went into full panic attack the first time I read A Good
Man's Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor. And demonic possession stuff is
usually always a huge no-no for me; that conservative, fundamental,
Babtist background is difficult to leave behind, ha-ha! So I never know
how I will react to scary and/or disturbing material. Unless it's an
author I know and like, I make my husband read stuff and let me know if
I can handle it, and even then, it's no guarantee. Okay, I'm one big hot
mess, smirk!

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:38:59 -0500
From: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>
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I remember reading "The Stand" and agree that it had a lot of gore and
disturbing images.  I did enjoy the book and found it interesting; but
then that's because this is more along my lines of taste than it would
be for you.

Shawn

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