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* GoryDiscretionShot: We hear some audio of the mass shooting but nothing is shown apart from Sami's reaction to it.
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Or at least, the part of Sami Gellar that has no conscience or morals does.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: While Sami Gellar does have a conscience, she often suppresses it in order to further her career. [[spoiler:In the end, she does away with it entirely.]]
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''Pruning'' is a 2023 short film directed by Music/LolaBlanc and co-written by Blanc and Jeremy Radin.
Creator/MadelineBrewer stars as Sami Gellar, a right-wing commentator who must wrestle with her conscience after a mass shooter names her in his manifesto.
The short can be seen on [=YouTube=] at the horror channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUCAHR1G4pY Alter]].
!!Tropes:
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Sami's conscience manifests itself as a fetus-like creature that Sami extracts from her throat. She deals with it by breaking its neck.]]
* IronicEcho: When Sami's friend points out that the shooter specifically mentioned her in his manifesto, Sami says, "That is a tragedy but it has nothing to do with me". [[spoiler:The shooter says the same to Sami when she has a nightmare about him.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sami is deeply troubled by the fact that her words inspired someone to commit a mass shooting. [[spoiler:This does not last.]]
* PlaguedByNightmares: Sami has a recurring dream in which she is jogging at night and gets the sense that she is being watched or followed. [[spoiler:The third time she has it, she comes across the shooter watching a video of her and echoing her own words back at her.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: Bradley Parker sends Sami something in the mail before killing nine people at a liberal think tank and then himself. We never learn what was in the envelope.
* SmashToBlack: [[spoiler:The short cuts Sami off mid-sentence since we know what she is going to say.]]
* WhiteIsPure: A subversion in that Sami often wears white throughout the short but it is clear from the start that she is far from innocent.
''Pruning'' is a 2023 short film directed by Music/LolaBlanc and co-written by Blanc and Jeremy Radin.
Creator/MadelineBrewer stars as Sami Gellar, a right-wing commentator who must wrestle with her conscience after a mass shooter names her in his manifesto.
The short can be seen on [=YouTube=] at the horror channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUCAHR1G4pY Alter]].
!!Tropes:
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Sami's conscience manifests itself as a fetus-like creature that Sami extracts from her throat. She deals with it by breaking its neck.]]
* IronicEcho: When Sami's friend points out that the shooter specifically mentioned her in his manifesto, Sami says, "That is a tragedy but it has nothing to do with me". [[spoiler:The shooter says the same to Sami when she has a nightmare about him.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sami is deeply troubled by the fact that her words inspired someone to commit a mass shooting. [[spoiler:This does not last.]]
* PlaguedByNightmares: Sami has a recurring dream in which she is jogging at night and gets the sense that she is being watched or followed. [[spoiler:The third time she has it, she comes across the shooter watching a video of her and echoing her own words back at her.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: Bradley Parker sends Sami something in the mail before killing nine people at a liberal think tank and then himself. We never learn what was in the envelope.
* SmashToBlack: [[spoiler:The short cuts Sami off mid-sentence since we know what she is going to say.]]
* WhiteIsPure: A subversion in that Sami often wears white throughout the short but it is clear from the start that she is far from innocent.
