as to Lauren's statement that Marcellus is shamed because of homophobia, I would bring up the psychological tendency of shame, however unjustified, that accompanies rape and other acts against one's person, especially of a sexual nature. Furthermore, there seems to be an implication by several posts on this group that "homophobic" statements or reactions by a film's characters make the film/filmmaker homophobic as well. This seems to me to be a very shortsighted consideration of art. I know this is a long standing argument among theorists and others, but I just thought I would bring it up again here lest we lose sight of our assumptions. denis hennelly