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randa's molestation-lie or truth? (spoilers)

posted 18 years ago by bitter_sweet_devil
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one thing i didn't get in this movie was Randa's testimony. i'm not sure if she was lying or not. i understand that part of the reason she committed suicide was because she had ruined her family's reputation, was ashamed of herself for disappointing them, especially her father. though why did she have to go back to Anderson's office (to where the "lying" incident had occured to shoot herself?). she wrotes: "we're all sinners", is she trying to haunt Anderson's guilt? it was never shown what Anderson did after the blinds were drawn, so isn't it possible that Anderson had molested her?

in the courtroom, when the Law/Civics teacher asked Randa which hands Anderson fumbled her with, she said: "both", surprising him. is it possible that this was not only sad to ridicule the lawyer's bullsh!t point about right/left hands thing, but to also hint that there might be some truth behind Randa's testimony as opposed to the other two girls'? if it wasn't true, wouldn't Randa be nervous, stutter, and even fall into the trap even though it was a loose one?

plus, it is not like Brittany wasn't molested either, she was forced by Anderson to continue stripping even after she said that she didn't want to do it anymore. doesn't this show the kind of person that Anderson is, i felt some sympathy for Anderson for being played by Kimberly before then, i can see that it is forgivingly natural for guys to be attracted to young school girls, but there was no need for Anderson to be forcing Brittany to do something that she didn't want to do.

please post back on what you think, appreciate your replies

p.s.: thought Troy was a prick too, he blamed his girlfriend for "lying" about something that HAPPENED, and it's not like he was sitting in the audience along with everyone else when Anderson kept on insisting that Brittany should continue her eyeful stripping. all Troy cares about is "starting to ruin my REPUTATION", it's a habit for him to always breaks up with his girlfriends when his precious reputation is at stake

[–] aimless-46 18 years ago

No Randa was not molested, the screenwriter takes great care to point out that Randa's ethnicity would keep her from being a porn star and that the way she dresses would not appeal to Mr. A. She goes along with Kimberly because of their symbiotic relationship, Mr. A's insults, and because she has been told by Brittany that Mr. A. has a reputation of being weird around girls. She is not nervous because her testimony follows that of Kimberly (the whale and the little fish).

And Mr. A's weirdness around girls is well-known, after the international food fair the headmaster warns him to be more careful in the future.

Actually Troy was present at the rehersal where Mr. A encouraged Brittany, he is in the cast. As bad as the women are portrayed in the film, the men (including Troy) are portrayed as even worse. In many ways it is a feminist film, but they keep it much more dimensional.

[–] bitter_sweet_devil 17 years ago

thanks for your explanation, it's more clear now. i actually meant to write, it's not like troy wasn't siting in the audience with brittany, but i missed the n't. lol, sorry

[–] irod 17 years ago

The part where Mr. A makes Brittany strip doesn't really happen like that. It's an exageration in her testimony. Read some of the other posts here for more details.