“Forcing someone to watch Doctor Zhivago would be worse.”
Without a break (or five) would be cruel and unusual. It’s 3+ hours, but it manages to seem like even more. Ugh.
Now I’m going to shift to an over-the-top cruel and unusual punishment: Being forced to watch Doctor Zhivago and Gone With The Wind, back to back. That would break me! Break me, I tell you!