Monday, June 22, 2009

Shame on Them

I am so disappointed in the writers of Weeds I really don't know what they were thinking. Because they air on Showtime the rules of decency can go out the window whenever they choose but the last scene of the latest episode was so shocking I couldn't get it out of my mind. I can only describe it as a borderline rape scene. I use the term "borderline" because there is tons of controversy all over the web debating if she was raped or not. It certainly was rough and angry, but Nancy did not really fight back or say No. By normal definition I don't think you can call it rape, but it certainly wasn't love making and I don't even think you can say it was mad make up sex. It was down right be-littling and nasty, not to mention she was completly drunk. He (the good old Mexican drug lord boyfriend) then left her bent over and naked on his desk leaving his cohorts to walk in and find her in that state. Um really? Is this how we needed to play the scene to prove that Esteban is a cruel piece of shit with such a dark side that even when it comes to the mother of his own child he has no class.
Dually noted. Point taken Showtime.

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