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Taken from ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Literature)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', this was the name of the morally dubious "aversion therapy" undergone by the [[Villain Protagonist]] to "cure" his sadism. This procedure involved him being drugged and strapped to a chair with his eyes forced open and forced to watch hours of violent scenes while his favorite song, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony played in the background. Although in the original novel and film, the end result was that Alex felt extreme discomfort whenever he thought about committing violent acts (or whenever he heard Beethoven's Ninth), the scene has been subject to much [[Popcultural Osmosis]], often ironically as a form of [[Mind Rape]] to ''foster'' psychopathic behavior.

 

See also [[Restraining Bolt]].

 

 

* Similar in premise to ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Literature)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', the [[Enhanced Interrogation Techniques]]' used on the protagonist in ''[[The Ipcress File]]'' film is pretty close to this. He is subjected to sleep deprivation and bombarded by bright lights and loud noises as part of a procedure also used to give kidnapped scientists complete amnesia of any scientific knowledge.

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