----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Amy wrote: >Why all the uproar about the buggery scene in PULP FICTION (many people have >mentioned it)? Yes, it was unpleasant but (I must climb upon the feminist >soapbox for a brief moment) how many scenes of rape/violence against women >are depicted each year in many, many films with little or no comment. > However, when a man is raped in a movie, it's the source of much discussion. I thought there was a *lot* of controversy about the rape scene in Thelma & Louise and the rape scenes in Blue Velvet (i.e. dorothy being an allegoical Everywoman instead of particular character) i have not seen any controversy ( until now) about this moment in Pulp Fiction.... ---james goldschmidt