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We Know What Happened To Annette In The Back Seat Of The Car...

posted 10 years ago by RRPounder
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...would be considered rape today. However, how do you think it would have been thought upon by audiences of the 70s? She did agree to the train before even willingly getting into the backseat of the car. Then she fell into the arms of one of the guys after Bobby C. fell of the bridge. Consider the time period though, when there was a ton of movies (Private Lessons, Porky's, My Tutor)to name a few, about young boys scoring with older women which would be considered statutory rape today. No, preaching about NO MEANS NO. We all know that. My question is do you think the audiences of the 70s would have considered it rape?

[–] denryanj-856-349684 10 years ago

We weren't all Neanderthals back in the 70s. I saw the film in Brooklyn in January of 78 as a teen, and it was pretty obvious to me that what was being committed on screen was a forceable rape. I would imagine it was clear to most everyone else as well, except for the scattered meatheads in the audience who were emotional kin to Bobby and Double J.

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[–] moosefeathers 10 years ago

Yes. It was rape. considered it back then.

as a man i was mortfied that they would do that to a girl, a friend much less.

Tony Manero lost his balls on that one, and he pissed me off that he never intervened (as he was the "group leader") and what he said to her afterwards.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] MsLadybird99 9 years ago

If I remember correctly Tony had just finished trying to rape Stephanie, so I don't think watching his friends forcibly run on their 'friend' would cause Tony to intervene. I took it that this was a regular activity of these losers.

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[–] sargesmash 9 years ago

Annette took drugs at the club and was severely under the influence when she "agreed" to do it with Joey and Double J. Those two chauvinist pigs took full advantage of the situation. Most definitely this was rape, and both Tony and Bobby C. did nothing to stop them.

[–] bradford-1 9 years ago

I first saw the film early in '78 and I cringed during the car scene, "These are some real pigs. She's supposed to be a friend, not just a repository for their **$#@."
May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?

[–] The_Ultimate_Hippo 8 years ago

It wasn't rape until double j got in the back seat because that is when she said she didn't want to do this, Joey did nothing wrong. And there is a lot more in this movie other than that one scene that gives it an R rating, you know like the over 100 uses of the word "*f-ck"

"I really wish Gia and Claire had became Tanner" - Honeybeefine

[–] jefgg 8 years ago

I am fairly certain it was considered rape in 1977. That was why it got an R rating.