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The Belt around her neck

posted 7 years ago by Mikel3
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the way her character seemed to like putting a belt tight on her own neck. When she heard her husband approaching she hid the belt. Was she into bondage, did the belt represent her feeling of being trapped in a sexless marriage and no outlet for her desires? Any thoughts on that scene?

[–] jobla 7 years ago

Didn't the belt belong to the Corey Allen character, who took it off earlier? I think it represented the sex that she wasn't getting from her husband, and might get from Corey Allen. Either that, or she's into auto-eroticism. I've only seen the film once, so I'll have to watch it again sometime.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

symbolic