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QUESTION: the scene with Ronald the molester and Lila the young daughter

posted 12 years ago by WildestDreams
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I have a question about the scene where Ronald is at the Potters' house posing as Lila's babysitter. So Ronald, the acclaimed 400lb child molester, is alone at a house with a child. He then goes with the little girl up to her bedroom so that he can...teach her some oragami, then leave her house so that she may take a nice pleasant nap??

It's not that I was hoping for the girl to get violated, its just that this behavior makes no sense for a psychopathic rapist. The girl doesn't seem the least bit traumatized the rest of the movie, which indicates to me that "Ronald the rapist" never even made her feel uncomfortable. This is so incredibly illogical that I feel like I must have missed something.

I would honestly love for somebody to point out what I missed or misinterpreted here.

[–] DevilYouKnow 11 years ago

Well, I don't think he raped every child he came across - also he was a bit "child-like" himself.

I think he had probably learned to gain their trust first. He played with her for awhile - had he been there longer it would not have been good.

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[–] cockeruk 10 years ago

I don't think he thought for a second she was going to be a tough cookie, he probably thought she was going to be easy meat & it surprised him, then I think he didn't want to hurt her.

[–] legnadibrom (5697) 2 years ago

exactamente

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[–] steve-613-659125 9 years ago

Predators are much more selective about their prey than the average person realizes. They usually hunt within their own ethnic group and have very specific criterion in mind when they select a target to move in on. This is not to say that certain predators don't target all potential victims within a given range, so much as some predators have ranges which are much more selective.

For instance, someone who preys exclusively on girls will express no interest in boys. Others will only target blond girls with green eyes within the 6-8 age range, and all other girls are--not exactly safe, but--less likely to be victimized.

[–] henrimaine 8 years ago

Perhaps the movie was trying to imply that the child-molester guy was cured or at least had learned to control his impulses. But we don't really know. It could just as well have been that the molester was planning to do his thing later.

[–] Wuchak (8081) 2 years ago

Another possibility is that the child molester was taken aback by the girl's lack of fear. He likely thrived on fear in his prey and when she didn't show it, his molester instincts didn't kick-in.

[–] lianzantoro 7 years ago

I think the filmmakers decided to just not go there because they figured it would have been too offensive.

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[–] ofumalow 7 years ago

The same joke was used in "Con Air," where we're told over and over that Steve Buscemi's character is a pederastic predator (and child murderer, I believe). Then at one late point he's left alone with a little girl...and surprise! Nothing bad happens.