We are seeing an increasing presence of tattoo removal stories in the media as well as the depiction of tattoo removal issues as integral to the plot of various fictional performances. Several television shows (including most recently the popular Prison Break) have featured tattoo removal in the past year or so and now we're starting to see tattoo removal make its way into movies as well.
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recent review of an Italian indie horror film called
Nympha reveals that tattoo removal is one part of the plot of this intense movie. The film is about a girl with a questionable past who ends up at a convent where she learns to serve God. Once there, it is revealed that she has a tattoo which is a sad reminder of the past that she would like to leave behind.
The author of this review notes:
"Aggressive removal of a full body of skin art might seem like a piece of cake compared to the extreme mental and physical torture Sarah undergoes, a series of four steps in which she must learn to "hear" the Lord, "see" the Lord, "touch" the Lord and "talk" with the Lord. This leads to a state of such psychological and spiritual anguish that she is susceptible to an invasion by the spirit of a young woman who lived on the same property and suffered similar abuse long before the location became a convent."
This may not be a mainstream movie and the tattoo removal may not be the point of the plot but the fact that it's an issue of the film represents the larger fact that society today is becoming increasingly aware of the positive and negative roles that are played by tattoos and the importance of tattoo removal to some of those roles.
Question of the Day: What other films have featured the topic of tattoo removal?photo link
