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Disgusting trivialisation of rape

posted 3 years ago by FootOfDavros (6712)
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I was watching this on DISNEY+ and boy, gosh, I've got to say I was shocked that there was no preceding disclaimer for the unacceptable historical trivialitisation of rape.

Of course I am talking about this line:-
"Vincent, get in the car, this is embarrassing. You're acting like some girl who got felt up at the drive-in."

Here Eddie is mocking Vincent for making too big a deal things - overblowing it if you will - and acting like a "hysterical" girl for being upset they'd been sexually assaulted!

How could this line have even been acceptable in the 80s? It seems completely out of line even for that time period.

As for Disney, I'm kind of shocked they would allow to be shown without a warning as they are usually so ahead of the curve on this sort of thing...

[–] DrRed (519) 3 years ago

Aahhh the old bait and switch troll.

[–] FootOfDavros (6712) 3 years ago

I don't even know what that means?

[–] DrRed (519) 3 years ago

The title of your post uses the word "rape". [Bait]
Your post then describes some girl who got felt up at a drive-in
which you are labelling as an assault [Switch]

[–] FootOfDavros (6712) 3 years ago

Oh I see.

Hardly a big "switch" though is it? I guess you could argue semantics around sexual assault terms but the point stands. So no.

[–] Ldlamb (585) 2 years ago

Not rape… no semantics needed

[–] cj3333 (1046) 3 years ago

Means you're a fag.

[–] FootOfDavros (6712) 3 years ago

Is that some kind of American homophobic slur? 🤔

[–] cj3333 (1046) 3 years ago

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[–] Naptown317Native (524) 3 years ago

You're being a giant pussy about it. Being felt up isn't rape. Not that it's cool but they aren't even in the same league.

Don't watch it then. Plenty of more suitable things on Disney for you to watch.... Just don't watch the casting couch goof at the end of Toy Story 2.

[–] FootOfDavros (6712) 3 years ago

Just don't watch the casting couch goof at the end of Toy Story 2

Ha! Good point. I wonder if they'll add a disclaimer to that...

[–] mplo (2305) 9 months ago

Being felt up may not be rape, but it can and often enough does lead to rape. It's still a violation of one's person, even though it may not be rape.

[–] voltaire2121 (357) 3 years ago

No one cares.

[–] wrlord (1081) 3 years ago

oh get over yourself, Shirley.

[–] moviechatterer (13270) 3 years ago

"I've got to say I was shocked "

no you wernt , you just jumped at the opportuninty to start an attention seeking troll thread.

[–] FootOfDavros (6712) 3 years ago

LOL. Come on - EVERY thread is "attention seeking". That's literally the sole purpose of creating a thread on a message board of any kind!

I am discussing a line which is very real and appears in this movie, so therefore, unless you are disputing that, it cannot be a "troll" attempt of any kind...

[–] Heisenberg (6314) 3 years ago

I might be wrong, but being felt up does not mean she is against it.
As in: they are at the drive in on a date. They start kissing. He feels her tits.
She is hysterical about being felt up, making a big deal.
Of course, for men with years of experience that is not a big deal. For her, it still is.
But there's no rape nor forceful touching implied in being felt up, I think.

[–] juviejay (456) 2 years ago

Is this a joke? There's no actual rape in the movie, just a reference to an imaginary girl getting felt up and being upset about it? Wow. Way to blow things out of proportion.

I guess the 80s were different, because back in the 80s raping someone and talking about some imaginary person getting felt up is not al all the same thing. Not at all.

Try watching Porkies sometime. Or, rather, don't. It would probably put you in the hospital.

I thought you were going to talk about when Mastrantonio hits on Newman, and he rather roughly rejects her. That, I can see as maybe a tad bit objectionable, but not what you said.

[–] mplo (2305) 9 months ago

In regards to being felt up vs. rape:

Often enough, especially if a girl or woman does not want to be felt up, one thing can lead to another, if one gets the drift.