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Jajasoon Tlitteu <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Oct 1994 01:25:08 -0500
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>And aren't questions about the basement
>scene avoiding the obvious potential for homophobic readings of it? If
>you're an auteurist, you might simply note that Tarantino seems to like to
>tie characters up on chairs and scare the hell out of them, but I assume
>the debate over the scene will finally have to focus on the presentation of
>anal rape as the scene's "shocking" revelation of what goes on down in that
>room. As someone noted on this list, the film's urbanization of
>DELIVERANCE is relevant here.
 
Would people who protest that scene think the same about scenes in other
films where a woman is raped by a man? You can think of many more examples
of the latter which haven't raised too many eyebrows.
 
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