Potter’s work resists any easily digestible moral message

Evidence

Brimstone and Treacle is disturbing, ethically opaque. It is troubling for reasons other than those of cultural or political conservatism. The denouement sees Martin’s raping of Pattie shocking her into an unexpected recovery (which itself prompts the play’s final shocking revelation, which I won’t give away for the sake of those who haven’t seen it yet). There is no easily digestible “message”. It’s a bitter pill rather than a spoonful of sugar. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 305

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• The novel’s form resists reduction to any single ideological message. #corroborates (0.85)