There’s a well known French phrase, succès de scandale, that essentially describes the phenomenon where a work of public art gets more popular because of its perceived notoriety — that the controversy it sparked contributed, in whole or in part, to its later popularity. English speakers might be more familiar with the adage “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” — something more than a few directors and film production companies have been forced to keep in mind whenever their movies become the subject of major discourse.

Films are works of art, and all art is made to elicit an opinion from its audience. Some opinions are stronger than others, and sometimes the time comes around where a movie elicits such a strong, widespread, infectious opinion among the populace that it becomes contro

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