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Most ridiculous part of the movie.

posted 13 years ago by dmph1208
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When they all go to the frat to kick the guy's ass for raping Kristen. And for the record, please don't argue whether it was rape or not. That's not what this thread is about and what he did was unforgivable and I'm a guy.

Anyway, they go to the frat and make the kid apologize for calling Regina King's character a "black bitch." They wanna kick his ass for that. NOT ONCE do they bring up the rape. Not once do they tell him to apologize to Kristen. No, they just throw him to the ground and make him apologize to the other girl for the racial comment.

Are you *beep* kidding me?

[–] soco-81 13 years ago

I was waiting for them to mention the rape, too, but nope. Idiots.

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[–] tiffanykk2002 13 years ago

That wasn't ridiculous. They weren't supposed to know about it. She wasn't exactly proud of it. She felt he deserved the ass kicking but not for what they thought it was for. I don't think I would come home announcing I was raped after being drunk.

[–] DakotaReign 9 years ago

Idiots? Who? How could anyone know about the rape when Kristen never mentioned it? They were there on "black b*tch" business. The only thing idiotic would be that people want Kristen to be protected by guys that she falsely thought would snatch her purse and rob her just cuz they're black. So, she turns to them for protection but just not in an elevator.

[–] wel_da_war 13 years ago

I was thinking the same thing last night when I watched it again for the first time in years..

I was like they're basically saying "Raping a white girl is cool but you crossed the line when you called a black woman a bitch"??

The world is yours & everything in it. Its out there; get on your grind & get it.

[–] kartoon-1 13 years ago

If Fudge had've said something like;
"First you apologise to the sister for the bitch remark. Then we're going to have a little talk with the police over what you did to the white girl."
I might have had some respect for him.

But no he totally ignores the rape just to have a `Cracker-bashing` knowing the guy wouldn`t dare press charges.

So not only did the felony of rape go unaccounted for, all Fudge succeeded in doing was demonstrating to all the people present that this is how black people deal with something as petty and trivial as name-calling...like hissy-fit throwing baboons.
I say this with respect and sympathy to the Afro-Americans as I don't believe they ALL behave this way anymore than all white people are skinheads.

Mind you it IS possible they didn't know about the rape.

But it STILL did NOT make Fudges behaviour any more commendable.

Types like him are as much a detriment to Afro-America as skinheads are to Caucasian America.

[–] BlackCinema13 13 years ago

Maybe I'm wrong, but I figured they told Cube's character about it. If they didn't why bring the woman who was raped with them? I honestly think that Cube's character knew but put priority on Regina Kings character's problem over that of her room mates. Also, why has no one commented on why Regina King's character completely forgot about her room mates rape when the perp calls her out of her name? The whole sequence reeks of neglegence. I mean why the woman who was raped didn't tell the cops/security when they showed up outside the party is beyond me.

[–] bayernballack 13 years ago

Most ridiculous part of the movie? It's sort of a three way tie-Most of the beginning, most of the middle, and most of the end of the movie was ridiculous.

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[–] LaydeeBalla31 12 years ago

I haven't seen the movie in a while so I don't remember every detail of the scene. Did Kristen even tell Regina King's character that she was raped? Because the way I remember it she didn't really say anything, and when he called to talk to Kristen she just told RK's character that she didn't want to speak to him without telling her why. Like the above poster said, they brought Kristen along because she knew where he was and what he looked like.

[–] Gosser78 12 years ago

Actually, it wasn't ridiculous at all, if you consider the fact that Fudge was just as racist as Remy and his neo nazi friends. I'm sure Fudge knew about Kristen getting raped, but he didn't care. The guy was a scumbag and racist, and only cared about people that were the same ethnicity as him.

[–] DakotaReign 9 years ago

Prove to me that Fudge was racist. Then, prove to me that he knew about the rape. You can't because he DIDN'T know. If that's the case Kristen was racist too. Every black guy wants to snatch a purse was her ignorant, outdated mentality and now a black guy is supposed to come to her rescue?

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[–] BobknobSA 10 years ago

Haven't seen this in a while but why would Fudge know about the rape? Rape survivors usually aren't too keen on talking about their rape to men they don't know.
She came with them because she is the only one who could point the guy on the phone out.

[–] HarveyManfredSinJohn 10 years ago

Also, maybe that was the point (although I hope this isn't wishful thinking on my part) that Fudge and his pals are meant to be jerks who'd take an insult like 'black bitch' more seriously than the rape of a white woman. Still the white frat boys got what they deserved even if it was for the wrong reason.

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[–] DakotaReign 9 years ago

It's also pretty damned dumb to call out Fudge for not acting on Kristen's behalf. How is he at fault more than her two drunk ass "friends" who knew she wasn't used to drinking and knew she shouldn't have gone with Billy. They were concerned for less than a brief millisecond and then laughed. Besides, Fudge didn't even know about the rape. Fudge didn't owe Kristen a damned thing.

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[–] igetitfaster 10 years ago

This is all neat...except she didn't tell them he raped her. She was brought along to point out the guy who said "black bitch"

Instead of watching films about people going to college maybe some of you should attend yourselves.

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[–] LadyLovie 9 years ago

she sure sobered up quick.

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[–] DakotaReign 9 years ago

Im guessing rape will do that to you.

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