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Questions? - Possible Spoiler


So Daddy Mack sent the tape at the door? But Why? Was it because he was selffish jerk?

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Excellent question. Wish I had an answer.
This was just one of many problems I had with the story. This could have been a really great exploitaiton flick in the truest sense of the term; taking the (relatively) contemporary and salacious Bobbit story as a hook and then expanding it into a story of basic male jealousy and sexism. Why is it that only women with sexual experience are 'damaged goods'? Where is the male slut?
Nowhere Man held my attention (though in retrospect, I realize it's very short) in spite of the video format (I normally hate it). The cast were actually pretty good: Daddy Mac's bad rapping was actually pretty hilarious, and the rape scene was powerful.
Still, the script let the actors down, I felt the themes above weren't adequately explored and the notion of this being some kind of neo-noir (which I think comes up in the commentary) doesn't hold water style-wise.
I can't imagine why McCann resolved Conrad's story and no on else's.
Who wouldn't want to see what became of Jennifer; why just drop her from the script? She had the bulk of my sympathy.
What a waste.

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I know I was rooting for Jennifer too. I blame Conrad for overreating. This movie could have been better with a bigger budget. Say 1 million at least tops. Plus if you check the commentary, the director said Frank messed up the rap on purpose. I dont know if he was mad because he was conned into this movie or thought he can do better rap. I noticed Rechon looked like she was tired of hearing him mess up the rap. But I think she was trying to convey that her character couldnt belive the mess she got herself into.

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yeah, sorry. Didn't mean to imply that the bad rap was not intentional. I took it as a joke.

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I did at first too.

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I know I was rooting for Jennifer too. I blame Conrad for overreating.

I'm almost at a loss for words on this one. HE overreacted??? I think many of us, upon learning (from a third party, no less) that our significant other had made porn films, would be a little upset. Don't you think maybe SHE overreacted by cutting off his penis simply because he wanted to discontinue the relationship? The mind boggles.

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I agree with gmonte33. How the hell could someone sympathize with that worthless parasitical whore?! Her actions later proved her avariciousness; the $11000 price to return a withered unrefrigerated and thus useless cock to the guy who had shown far too much unwise tolerance of her by not getting a restraining order against her, and then having her evicted.
He was also too excitable and didn't plan or execute his attempt to retrieve his cock effectively.
Worst of all though was the ending, in that he didn't devote his life to evening the score both with her and the black porn star rapper character. Better he should have suspected her treachery in the end and never trusted her. Better he should have found the way to waylay both of them, together or separately and do unto them as she had done unto him.

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