Jim Walsh (Sunday, May 2, 1999) looks at violence in movies and music and asks "What is 'good' violence?". He suggests that Prince's references have a positive purpose.
"Prince, ``Papa,'' and Loudon Wainwright III, ``Hitting You.'' Two achingly poigant views of child abuse--as told from the perspective of child and father, respectively. Both are harrowing, but educating: Prince pokes fun at himself (``Don't abuse children, or else they'll end up like me'').....



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