I'm not sure what you mean by "inappropriate." The film isn't made for children.
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doctorcrimedog — 10 years ago(August 18, 2015 01:25 PM)
I'm not sure what you mean by "inappropriate." The film isn't made for children.
It does stick out these days, though. I can't imagine hearing such a conversation in real life. There's a similar bit in Hitchcock's Frenzy, where a serial killer is described as being not so bad because "at least he rapes them first," or words to that effect, provoking laughter from women in the scene. Again, not a reaction I'd expect to hear in reality. Maybe for adults at the time it wouldn't have seemed out of place. There's a joke in Animal House about whether or not a guy will have sex with an unconscious girl, which was funny at the time, but which would not be at all amusing today.
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SN51431 — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 08:56 PM)
I am 68 and saw this film when it opened in 1972 in theaters in NYC. In 1972, the audience laughed at that "rape joke" scene. When I watched this film in 2015, i cringed. it was just so. bad, so off putting, so awkward and unfunny.
The times sometimes frame the way we see "jokes." In today's politically correct world, that scene would end up on the cutting room floor.
I think if looked at broadly, the "joke" reflects the mind set of the writer who wrote the film. -
Rizzyay — 10 years ago(February 02, 2016 12:40 PM)
I didn't take their discussion literally, but rather in the sense that you are nervous and thus you start talking about extremely idiotic things.. we have to remember that the woman was almost as insecure about herself as Alan, which would somewhat explain her weird comments about it as well.
Besides, she ended up cheating on her husband, while Alan ended up cheating on his best, if not his only, friend, which in my books is far worse than one bad-tasted discussion!
Personally, I've never really liked films where the heroes are perfect people. Everything about these two - from the awkward conversations to two insecure people cheating on a good guy - struck me as very believable and very human, both in good and in bad. -
Rizzyay — 10 years ago(February 02, 2016 12:46 PM)
Also: now that I've read most of the replies, it makes me think that people perhaps missed the point of the joke? (At least the way I see it)
People are talking about wether rape is funny.
Rape is not funny. We all know that well, those of us who have any brains or heart, at least.
Nervous people, on the other hand, are funny. Especially when you are a bit nervous yourself.
Nervous people are funny when they start talking about inappropriate things when they get nervous.
Removing the inappropriateness would severly damage the whole idea of a nervous discussion.
I'm not saying it has to be about rape per se (yes the point could come across just as easily with a less controversial subject), but it would be sad if art could not be honest about how insecure people act and discuss in real life.