On Megan Seling’s review of The Last House on the Left, a commenter wonders:
Can a woman that has been raped b4, sit through this movie without any wierd feelings? Im asking as the husband of a wonderful woman who went through something many yrs ago.
It’s sort of sweet and thoughtful of you to ask, I suppose (or maybe not—maybe just err on the side of NOT taking your wife to movies that might trigger memories of that time she got raped b4?), but I cannot fathom how Megan Seling, or anyone who is not your wife, could possibly possess the answer to this question. So I ask you, Slog readers:
Should a woman who was raped but has since found a husband sensitive enough to ask random strangers for advice about her personal feelings go see the new remake of The Last House on the Left?
I’m not sure *anyone* should sit through that movie.
Wait, I can’t tell if you’re genuinely impressed that this guy would ask this question in consideration of his wife, or if you’re making fun of him for his weird spelling and grammar.
Maybe lose a little of the ironic detachment. We will like you more.
(Shouldnt the fact that said movie is probably a piece-of-shit factor into your “yes/no” question?)
@2: Who the fuck is “we?”
“We” already like Lindy West exactly the way she is.
@2 it is possible for those two things to intersect in one Slog post.
@4, who the fuck is ‘we?’
and fuck you.
I think Roger Ebert called the original film, the most disgusting movie ever made…it’s rapespoitation, pure and simple.
rapespLoitatoin, i mean…
@1 puh-leez, everyone likes some junk sometimes.
the answer is: no, not until someone who knows her well has already seen it and can give her an idea. not in a theater where it is sure to be overwhelming, and the ease of getting out discretely is so slim.
@1 got it right in 1.
I think dude should trust his wife to give him an honest answer to his question. I would guess she has an opinion on it. Or was he just going to surprise her with dinner and a rape movie?
I’m currently digging that people go see a rape revenge movie and then are offended that it would have violent, obscene, rape and/or bloody, bloody, revenge.
OMG, SO OFFENSIVE AND TERRIBLE!!!
@7,
Ebert liked the original Last House on the Left…based on Bergman’s Virgin Spring. You’re possibly thinking of “I Spit On Your Grave”?
Here’s a question for cineastes. Which tracking shot was longer?
The opening of the first Star Trek movie, when the Enterprise is being refurbished in drydock and Kirk is touring it in a shuttle craft.
or
The vertical pan of Mr. Manhattan’s blue buttocks and then around to his chest and down to his…well, just go see Watchman!
As someone whose been there – I don’t think it is a good idea and you should only go if she really wants to. I saw the first one nearly 20 years after being attacked, I watched it in my home where I had control over the DVD. It was crap – but that’s beside the point. I wouldn’t see this in a theater, but I would watch it at home if I was inclined – and I’m not.
It never comes out well when the subject of rape is brought up around a victim of rape. Always bad always ugly and always visceral. So for a horrible time take any woman to this movie. Then give them a drink so the inhibitors that prevent them from kicking your inconsiderate ass are removed.
Personally I live with two women that have survived rape in their pasts. Neither saw the original but I had the unfortunate luck to see it when I was young. It scarred me then. I could not recommend heartily enough to stay away from this movie.
They asked me why I cringed when I heard about the remake. The look in their eyes as I described the plot said more than enough for me.
I’d recommend erring on the side of not potentially traumatizing the woman.
probably…i’m starting to have Alzheimers…
Sammy J- everyone responds differently, but *this* sexual abuse survivor doesn’t mind when the subject comes up amongst the small set of people that I have told. For me- and I’m not saying this needs to be the way anyone else handles it- being honest with those who love me about the abuse helps to diminish its power.
Do I go see movies where sexual abuse occurs? Never, ever. Would I be offended if someone I love said “hey, I’m thinking of going to see this movie, but I think it has sexual abuse?” Absolutely not.
Lindy dear, this is not texting. You could have had the professinalism to spell out “before” instead of b4.
21 – lol rofls.
dear lj…
ps go watch “I spit on your grave” and shut the fuck up.
Remember Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is on record for being a “textualist”.
I have a hard time thinking anyone should see this film, although it’s pretty clear it has it’s own perverse following.
I’d definitely not recommend taking the wife. That just seems like horrible taste.
@2: Neither. What?
@24: Do you not understand that I am quoting the original comment? You are confused.
The movie is a total waste of time.
lols.
@14,
I don’t know, but the latter is much more enjoyable.
Lindy, Dan won’t answer my question, so maybe you can help me. Theoretically, if someone is raped by a centaur, is it considered bestiality? Thanks in advance!
Why – does someone get raped in the movie?
Is there some sort of shortage of movies that people who are married to someone they have an inkling will be bothered by the subject matter of this movie still feel the need to ask a bunch of people they don’t know about it so they might have an excuse to drag her to see it anyway?
Go see something else and count yourself lucky that your wife didn’t cotton on to your plan to drag her to a rape movie that would make her miserable. This was a really really dumb question even “b4” the “txtspk”, and mind-blowingly inane once you take that into consideration as well.
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There really aren’t any other movies you can go see?