Diablo en la Piel

The palms of Lana Turners hands were full of scars the technique she used in order to achieve melodrama was to tighten her fists digging her fingernails into them until she began to cry Day after day soap opera actresses smear Vicks Vaporub into their eyes in order to cry The effect of these false tears are the tears of the public In Devil in the Flesh we see the cameras tricks and even so the action seems dramatic This piece once again exemplifies my fascination with the artificial the fabricated emotions the Christian looking for pain in order to live out Passion the discomfort of the everyday melodrama the emptiness that defeats everything