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The tree raping scene was too much.


I liked this movie but hated that tree raping scene. I am sorry but I don't get what Sam Raimi was thinking writing that scene much less filming it. My main problem is it went too far. It actually shows the tree sticking some of its small branches up her front private part. That was too unsettling. What in God's name?

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It was a genderizing moment of accomplishment.
He was trying to emphasize her success at being the first women to get a woody.

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Just watch Game of Thrones, you’ll see things far more explicit. It wasn’t that big of a deal.

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I just rewatched The Evil Dead. Definitely didn't have a problem with this at all.

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First I didn't know what movie this thread is about.
Ahhhhh, it's "Dance of the Devils" here.
Then didn't remember that scene at all, though watched it...sometimes, somewhere. *ahem*

Now can pretend to be competent by comparing the original tree to the remake 2013. ☼
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zejg3VGRjK0

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😊

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