| The play is lurid and sadomasochistic, the delight of Parisian decadents at the time, but slow, obvious, and overdone, as Wilde always was whenever he wrote tragedy. |
| The play's sexuality is always sadomasochistic, emphasized by his heated direction. |
| The central sadomasochistic drama is played out against the background of Erika's enmeshment with her controlling mother. |
| A businessman arrested for luring a 16-year-old schoolgirl into a sadomasochistic love sesh is a bit of a nutter a court heard. |
| A new standard for sadomasochistic depravity is set each time the cameras roll. |
| This sadomasochistic element introduces complex shades of meaning to her character. |
