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Michael Glawogger���s Slumming is a film of contrasts, whose themes are carried through the rich diversity of characters. The film tells the story of homeless street poet Kallmann, who unwittingly becomes the butt of a joke by rich Viennese yuppies Alex and Sebastian. While Kallmann comes to exemplify a sense of displacement, Sebastian and Alex, through their meddling in the lives of others, attempt to order and compartmentalise ...

The disclosure of extensive cases of child abuse within the Catholic Church has attracted much media attention over the past decade, as victims began to garner the courage to come forward with their experiences. Still, despite widespread media coverage, the true extent of the history of child abuse within the Catholic clergy remains unclear. It has become increasingly evident that in many instances, the Church itself was involved ...