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What the restaurant represents to its supporters (and those hesitant but curious) is a shift in public interest in, and acceptance of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM).
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Victoria M. Walker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2026
The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
The sexy video featured hints of sadomasochism, voyeurism and more, and while very suggestive, wasn't altogether explicit.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Yet soon one is overcome by Charles Laughton’s creepy, convincing portrayal of Captain Bligh’s sadomasochism: most of the first fifteen minutes is taken up with floggings and other shipboard disciplining of half-naked men, shown in detail while Laughton looks on with long-lipped lasciviousness.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Victoria M. Walker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2026
The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
The sexy video featured hints of sadomasochism, voyeurism and more, and while very suggestive, wasn't altogether explicit.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Yet soon one is overcome by Charles Laughton’s creepy, convincing portrayal of Captain Bligh’s sadomasochism: most of the first fifteen minutes is taken up with floggings and other shipboard disciplining of half-naked men, shown in detail while Laughton looks on with long-lipped lasciviousness.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Sadomasochism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sadomasochism. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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sadomasochism
noun
sa·do·mas·och·ism
ˌsād-(ˌ)ō-ˈmas-ə-ˌkiz-əm 
ˌsad-
ˌsad-
-ˈmaz-
: the derivation of pleasure from the infliction of physical or mental pain either on others or on oneself
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