Rape?


Did anyone else find it disturbing the stoner guy gets to rape Ashley because she thinks it's her date? This seems traumatic and as horrible a person as she was, no one deserves that. That scene always makes me cringe...

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This issue was talked about extensively with regard to The Revenge of the Nerds. In that movie, Betty Childs thinks that her boyfriend is in the Darth Vader costume, but it's really Lewis. In Whatever it Takes, the stoner was asked by Ashley to come in, and not to talk. He did just that, and most likely was too stoned out of his mind to comprehend the situation. In Revenge of the Nerds, he knew that he was deceiving Betty, which really seemed creepy. He did win her over, but that does not mean that the end justifies the means. I do get what you are saying, though, and it was disturbing. I feel it was also very predictable, the moment he picks up the key from the ground.

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Thanks! Glad I am not alone in thinking this...

"Dope sick? Dope schmick!!"

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I hate that scene, this movie is rather enjoyable though but I do wish that scene was never included or even filmed.

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