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Only comedy where a character gets raped?


I find it interesting that the main character in this fairly light-hearted comedy gets anally raped. Can anyone think of any other instance in a movie where rape is treated in such a comedic manner? I feel like the only reason there's no outrage about this is because it happened to a man. Can you imagine if it was a woman? I don't think they could have possibly gotten away with it.

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Ever seen "Happiness?"

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kika (pedro almodovar)

not a straight comedy film from start to finish but the rape scene in question is probably one of the most comedic scenes in the whole film

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In There's Something About Mary it's pretty well implied that Ted is raped while in prison.

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Its Norm MacDonald. I don't think any Norm fans from the 90s would expect a Norm movie not to have a prison anal rape joke in it. Anal rape jokes were his trademark on SNL for those old enough to remember the good old days of Norm anchoring Weekend Update.

For those who don't remember, this was Norm's first breakout segment on SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-segment---prison-systems/n10470 haha Norm always had an odd fascination with prison anal rape jokes. I miss Norm, guys like him are rare in todays ultra PC culture, that dude just said whatever the *beep* he wanted to and didn't give a *beep* who was offended by it. Somehow he usually got away with it because you just expected that kind of stuff from him lol

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Beeks in Trading Places was raped by a gorilla.

As for women, Betty Child's in Revenge of the Nerds was raped for comedic effect; they softened by having her enjoy it.

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Kenny in Half Baked.

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Kenny was never raped. He was worried about the eventual rape that he would receive once the squirrel master was paroled.

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Ben affleck at the end of mallrats

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the villian in Ace Ventura 2 is raped just off-screen by a gorilla or large monkey of some kind.

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