Controversy
Controversy noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.
Scene and controversy are semantically related in debate topic. In some cases you can use "Scene" instead a noun "Controversy".
Scene
Scene noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.
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Controversy and scene are semantically related in dispute topic. Sometimes you can use "Controversy" instead a noun "Scene", if it concerns topics such as debate.
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- Most notable for the controversy over a rape scene involving Fanning's character, and the subsequent dismissal by critics of said scene as being pure Narm.
- There is still a great deal of controversy to this day relating to animal cruelty, such as an infamous scene in which an actual live turtle is brutally decapitated and eviscerated onscreen.
Source: Overshadowed by Controversy -
There was controversy over this scene, based on the fact that at the time Kira was 16 and Flay was in the year below him at school, which makes her 15.
Source: A Man Is Not a Virgin
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