Darwin Bonaparte
Darwin Bonaparte is the filmmaker who records John whipping himself at the lighthouse.
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Spoiler-freeDarwin Bonaparte is the filmmaker who records John whipping himself at the lighthouse. The sensational footage turns John’s private attempt at purification into public entertainment and attracts the crowd that destroys his solitude. Bonaparte’s later fate is unimportant to the plot; his role is to show how media converts suffering into a marketable spectacle.
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