worst line: 'I like rape'
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Euphrosyne — 11 years ago(April 13, 2014 11:07 AM)
This is very true.
You can't take it out of the context of when the film was made.
Drunk driving didn't have the connotations of today either, and was very often used as a rather benign joke.
By the standards of 1974, the joke is funny and the movie works. -
Nagumo2001 — 11 years ago(May 19, 2014 01:42 AM)
Why don't you take your own advice. It's people like you, that have a permanent twist in your panties, that are the problem.
Blazing Saddles not only broke barriers regarding racism and sexism, but was funny as all get out. At least to people with a sense of humor.
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Jane_Doe01 — 18 years ago(February 21, 2008 08:49 PM)
You have to remember the times. Rape wasn't taken as seriously as it should have been in 1974. It was equated with general horniness, so, at the time, it came across as funny.
You must have a real knack for talking out of your ass. I highly doubt you were around in 1974 either, nor that Mel Brooks regrets that or ANY line he's ever written into a film. -
flyboy152 — 17 years ago(May 30, 2008 01:13 PM)
He's not talking out of his ass. It's only been in the last 20 years or so that rape has been more aggressively prosecuted, that rape victims are much more likely to come forward. Prior to, oh, about the mid-80s, most rapes went unreported, and the victim was usually harassed by the cops, if she was even taken seriously at all.
If the case actually went to trial, the victim was often portrayed as promiscuous even if not. Defense attorneys would routinely insult the victims, and rapists would often get off if it was shown (or sometimes even implied) that the victim had acted, or dressed, provocatively. It was somehow judged OK, sometimes even by women, for a man to rape a woman if she did anything to "lead him on"; "she was asking for it" was often used as a defense, and worked more often than not.
It wasn't only rape. Domestic violence was almost totally ignored by the police, and often the victims were blamed. It took some serious activism by women's groups to change attitudes, and force the system & everyone else to take these crimes seriously. -
longbutter — 15 years ago(February 11, 2011 10:17 AM)
You are absolutely correct about how the cops treated rape victs much of the time. If you can find it, watch the movie length documentary about Tina Brandon (aka the true story of the movie "Boys Don't Cry) it has the actual recording of the Sherriffs interview with her when she reported the rape, and it's disgusting the way they treated her. The sheriff is asking in a mouth breathing way all sorts of specific queries about the exact actions (ie it couldn't just be left at 'they anally raped me' he wants all these unnecessary details) and obviously blames the victim. It is seriously disturbing. It also reminds me of a Mad mag article from about 92 wherein it has a news report detailing a rape, with a pic shown the battered victim, giving her measurements and address and omitting the suspects details to "Protect his rights". I think that is a parody of the exact attitude you describe, and even though I was a kid in the early 80s I can still remember that kind of attitude being prevalent.
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