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Originally Posted by Clint
Yup, just an extremely violent movie. Bruce Willis rips a guy's penis off in it. Doesn't our taste for entertainment say something about us?
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let me put it this way. way back in 1972, i saw the movie The Valachi Papers. I was twelve years old, well below the age i should have been let in, as it was rated 'R'. but just as now, it's not much enforced. i don't remember the plot, but it was a gangster/mafia film, and at one point, a woman wants a man killed, and wants the henchment to bring her his penis. they do. the scene where they cut it off was not directly graphic, but the actions were well 'implied' and quite horrendous. it was enough to be certainly disturbing at twelve years old.
33 years ago. now, does our taste in entertainment say something about us? not really. the technical skills available for realistic depictions are certainly better (haven't seen Sin City so don't know how they handled their turn on things). but it really is 'same as it ever was'.
what's peculiar is that i just finished watching 'Grey's Anatomy'. one subplot dealt with a woman who was severely beaten by a rapist - and she somehow managed to bite off and swallow the assailant's penis.
so apparently this is removable penis evening. not exactly what i'd had in mind, to say the least.