It would have been so much easier and safer to play music from a stereo instead of risking an outsider blind folded . Was he really necessary ?
shareDifferent energy with someone playing live. More sophisticated and in this case, more kinky.
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he seemed to play well and probably they wanted "live" music for that extra ambiance.
shareIt's more than just the live thing, I think it's the blindfold. This gives them the pleasure of control, forcing a "lower" person like Nick to do their bidding; it's part of the sex-cult ritual thing. It's somewhere along an extreme S&M thing. It's also kinkier knowing that there is this "dupe" there.
I kinda like that the blindfold slipped once before the film. Like, the Sex Illuminati think they're so clever, but Nick Nightingale is actually on to them...
As soon as they put a blindfold on Nick Redcloak got a boner