What's even more disgusting is that I'm sure the male audience would just have said the same thing.
That's a wonderful stereotype of men. No, many of the men in the audience were appalled at Guy's behavior (or his claimed behavior - he was lying to hide the truth from Rosemary). But that is the whole point of the movie - Guy's behavior is horrible - he sacrifices Rosemary to his ambition in a sneaky, disgusting way.
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People often try to judge things from the past by modern standards. Spousal rape simply wasn't considered rape back then and women usually bore it in silence. He didn't actually rape her at all obviously, and even if he were telling the truth (that he didn't want to miss "baby night"), an "unliberated" woman in the 1960's might have consider it more important to have a baby than to worry that her own husband violated her drunken, unconscious body. You don't have to personally believe something is morally RIGHT to be able to understand why people do what they do sometimes.
"Let be be finale of seem/ The only emperor is the Emperor of Ice Cream"

They weren't being dumb. They just asked a question.
You were being dumb by suggesting that all men are pigs.
The above sentence is 100% fact, I promise you lol.

No, are you?

Are you being dumb on purpose?

Haha, best response to all this
When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear? (Shallow Grave)

'men are all pigs.'
How come? In what way?

men are all pigs.

'I'm sure no woman back in the day would divorce their husband because of it'
How are you sure of it, back in that "day"? Are you very young, so you think the 1960's-70's is some surreal era? We do know you like the word "disgusting"
What's even more disgusting is that I'm sure the male audience would just have said the same thing.
How are you sure what the male audience would have said? You seem to have a disgusting sexist attitude towards men, based on your comments in general (on all boards) Maybe it was the home life you experienced, which makes you feel sure.

If it wasn't Rosemary Baby, the great film it is, would we be interpreting it a number of ways? Did Polanski say it's psychosis, all in her mind, hallucinations, etc? If it was a TV film instead of the classic it is, would it be taken at face value?

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Did you read "Son of Rosemary?" It's the sequel written by Ira Levin. Without giving it away, I'll say you'd find it interesting given your theory. A lot of people didn't like it and called it kind of a cop-out but I thought it was pretty entertaining (although I'm one of those who find it extremely easy to suspend belief for the sake of entertainment). Give it a try, I'd love to hear what you think.

It's a psychological thriller, and it can be interpreted in a number of ways. I attributed the sequence of events to Rosemary becoming increasingly paranoid until she completely lost it and had a psychotic break. Her doctor was giving her tranquilizers and she quit taking them, so naturally the psychosis returned. I believe that if she had continued to take the medications and gotten herself out of that situation and away from those people (especially her husband), she would have been all right eventually. She could have married a normal man and had another (normal) baby.
But, and this is the great thing about these types of movies, what if Guy wasn't evil? Or the neighbors, for that matter? What if she had imagined the entire thing? I personally think she did; she read entirely too much and literally freaked herself out to the point of psychosis. Who among us hasn't Googled something about Satanism or witches and read obsessively about it until they became terrified and depressed? Those sort of things can just take a hold of us until we start to lose touch with reality ourselves. I also have a lot of experience with psychological issues as I see a doctor and take heavy psychiatric medications. Therefore, I was able to relate to Rosemary and the horror going on in her mind, and how very real it felt to her.

Agreed. A good portion of what Ro sees is the fault of the drug they gave her. Its a drug induced hallucination (and, possibly, some Satanic mojo too).
It was Satan all along. Guy was just a part of the hallucination; either from Satan himself OR more likely just who Ro's mind was naturally expecting to see!
In the novel, Ro
always
thinks its Guy! Her addled mind thinks she is at a costume party, and that Satan's leathery skin is Guy in a costume!
Right up until she sees Satan's yellow eyesthen has that moment we see in the film too where she panicsand they dope her up again with a drug-dusted pillow.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

Remember that a lot of it was a dream, we know what's real and what are her visions, I think her seeing Guy's face over her is a particular vision.

I don't think the Devil possessed Guy. We see Guy standing in the crowd with the coven at one point, talking to Minnie.
I think the Devil just took his image/made Ro 'see' him as Guy, so as not to frighten her until the act began.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

That's my impression, too the devil here is a separate figure from any other character he had his own body, he committed the rape. I have heard it argued, however, that he was possessing Guy, possessing Roman, or even possessing a still-alive Adrian Marcato! What are your thoughts on that? Hutch's line about Marcato "conjuring the living devil" would tend to support him being a separate entity, though, I would think.

The way Guy treated Rosemary is supposed to repulse you - that is the whole point of the movie: his ambition leads him to the ultimate betrayal of Rosemary. The question of whether the devil is a literal, physical being in the movie is not vital in conveying that theme.
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Whoa! Wait a minute! I thought you always claim that our society haven't changed hardly at all in the last 50 years????
Or were you only referring to society's acceptance of homosexuality?

'that's the way 99.9% of households were back then, and even today it is the same thing I guess.'
Thats incorrect. It's not the same thing today, and it was not then. This must disappoint you. Best not to guess.

Mmmmm yes and no. I think there was definitely more a philosophy of "father knows best" back then, when the women's lib movement was just in its infancy, but I'm sure it varied from household to household as it does now. Also, even if, in most households, the husband would have the final say the vast majority of men wouldn't have made the decisions Guy made. He's an extreme example of a total sociopath having near-complete control over his spouse. I'm always a little surprised, though, that people focus on how subservient Ro is at the beginning, but don't really address how she goes against Guy and Saperstein near the end. She certainly steps up then.

The way Guy treated her as if she was a child and she followed suit, repulsed me. What's more sickening is that, that's the way 99.9% of households were back then, and even today it is the same thing I guess.

kaskait often posts odd things here.
The fact of the matter is: Guy is not the Devil. The Devil raped Rosemary, she bore his child. The end.
As to why Ro did not rage against Guy, that's more complicated. The novel goes into it a little more, the film not so much.
Rosemary was raised in an
extremely
religious & strict household. God was much more like a dictator than a loving God in that household.
Ro escaped her house against her parent's will. She was needy & lonely, and met Guy at her job.
He surely seemed like a father figure to her.
She took the vows seriously, and 'obeys' him as we see in the film. She is extremely subservient, and a little simple-minded. She has many friends yes, but has few interests other than caring for Guy. He's her whole world.
In the novel, Ro does leave Guy for a few days to 'think things over'.
Initially she blames him, then gets needy again & forgives him.
So long story short, she justifies his behavior in her mind. She's afraid to leave him.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.