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The Silence of the Lambs

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

The Silence of the Lambs The Rewatchables

Four distinct takes argue that Lecter is a superb therapist, Catherine deserved punishment for endangering Precious, Hopkins’s Oscar category was fraudulent, and The Father is his better performance.

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  • Lecter is called an incredible therapist for rapidly identifying and resolving Clarice’s childhood trauma.
  • Catherine is said to deserve death because she endangered Precious; the take is tied to the participant’s animal-first stance.
  • Hopkins’s Best Actor Oscar is called fraudulent because he should have competed in supporting.
  • The Father is proposed as Hopkins’s greatest performance, drawing strong disagreement.