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  • But as an anaethema to the sugar-coated fluff, dire remakes/reboots and perpetual comic-book adaptations being spewed out by Hollywood, it at least had a narrative that was aimed at ADULTS.

    Ray Gets Stuck On SHUTTER ISLAND! | Obsessed With Film 2010

  • So while getting angry at the bonuses is all fine, getting pissed at an insurance company honouring contracts is anaethema to their line of business.

    jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2009

  • The idea that the Israelites detested their neighbours, that their deep-seated xenophobia, misogyny and homophobia made a culture of ritualised homosexuality and prostitution anaethema to them is hardly radical.

    Wisdom, Justice And Mercy Hal Duncan 2006

  • Everyone else: Prior to reading Larry’s stuff I was a seat of the pants writer, structure was the anaethema that destroyed creativity.

    SOLVED: The Outlining vs. Organic Writing Debate | Write to Done 2009

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