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I don't believe the club scene (spoilers)

posted 12 years ago by nick-1036
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Unless you are going to tell me that in 1960, Puerto Rico had bars/clubs filled with rapists and people who tolerated rape of young, white tourists who were clearly drunk.

I also found it loathsome that her boyfriend and Depp left her alone, then he slept with her a few days later, weird? Am I supposed to believe that the two of them just assumed she wanted to be gang raped, so let it be? Or should I assume she simply "had sex" with some or a few men she was dancing with because she wanted to? Is that what the two of them assumed?

If you're from Puerto Rico in the 50's and 60's please tell me if this is possible, and if you're from there now tell me when this kind of behavior finally stopped, that is, if it ever happened.

[–] lita505 12 years ago

They were in St. Thomas at the time...

War itself is the enemy of the human race.

[–] nickek-1 12 years ago

they wanted to stop her but the guys got kicked out

[–] shurbanm 12 years ago

to stop her. not sure she really wanted to be raped. she was just drunk

[–] nxgn_not_not 12 years ago

Crazy happens all over the world all the time
not just PR in the 50's
not just Charrolette Amalie
take a look around

peeps do some strange things 2 each other

What it is, is, what is, is. Is what it is.

[–] LarryStudios 12 years ago

Yeah I gotta agree. What the OP is saying is that this can't happen at all, and that is not the truth, of course statistically these kind of things didn't happen often but they did happen and still do and it doesn't matter whether it's Puerto Rico or any other country.

[–] nxgn_not_not 12 years ago

tell u what
Larry
seen some crazy
all kinda crazy
not just usvi\bvi either
crazy is so so everywhere

luv'd the slice of life though
& Depp
& the Nazi under current
& the Editor
might have to pick up a blu rae

What it is, is, what is, is. Is what it is.

[–] harkness78 12 years ago

Yeah it was St. Thomas, and it wasn't like the tourist part they had gone to see a local girl's friend's band play a show. They were the only white people there, I could see this situation playing out. And we don't know that she was raped.

"Nobody knows anybody, not that well..." - Miller's Crossing

[–] padzok 12 years ago

Why are you saying this character was raped?

This female character (written by a man) seemed quite happy with what was going on.