The popular press decreased the amount of news or information and replaced it with entertainment or titillation that reinforces fears, prejudice, scapegoating processes, paranoia, and aggression.
Most critics, however, consider the moralistic elements of the novel deceptively complex, and some point out that the "roman-feuilleton" format required a certain level of titillation to keep readers engaged.
Courtship sequence is similar to other species of aquatic emydines, except males use their snouts as the titillation tools rather than extended fore-claws.
Praising the way the sensitive storyline was handled they stated, so far the storyline has been written positively and without titillation and the actresses have played the characters with conviction.