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can someone tell me what the big deal about "the scene" in deliverance is?
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:16 pm
I've never seen it but a lot of people talk about "the scene" and it's referenced all the time in pop culture but I just don't get it. Didn't he just get booty raped? I mean it happens in prison all the time and rape has happened in plenty of movies but this movie seems to get put on a special pedestal. Am I missing something?
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 6:21 pm
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:19 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Its a good movie in general, even if you're not into hillbilly rape. Burt Reynolds is at his peak here.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:21 pm to Brosef Stalin
Man, honestly, I feel as though his "badassness" isn't fully realized in the movie.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:25 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Well, it was 1972 so guy on guy rape was still pretty taboo for mainstream film back then.
Plus, up until that point in the movie, the mountain folks were just weird and suspicious. This was where the movie took a hard turn toward something more sinister than some city folks trying to navigate their way downriver.
In hindsight, there's also something about seeing that happen to a beloved film figure like Ned Beatty and then seeing Burt Reynolds in his prime exact some swift vengeance.
Plus, up until that point in the movie, the mountain folks were just weird and suspicious. This was where the movie took a hard turn toward something more sinister than some city folks trying to navigate their way downriver.
In hindsight, there's also something about seeing that happen to a beloved film figure like Ned Beatty and then seeing Burt Reynolds in his prime exact some swift vengeance.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:28 pm to tylerdurden24
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Well, it was 1972 so guy on guy rape was still pretty taboo for mainstream film back then.
Plus, up until that point in the movie, the mountain folks were just weird and suspicious. This was where the movie took a hard turn toward something more sinister than some city folks trying to navigate their way downriver.
In hindsight, there's also something about seeing that happen to a beloved film figure like Ned Beatty and then seeing Burt Reynolds in his prime exact some swift vengeance.
All of this.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:33 pm to tylerdurden24
Gotcha. Preciate it 
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:35 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Talk to you soon...
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:44 pm to tylerdurden24
Don't forget that the author of the book was gay...
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:50 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
That scene is why I won't watch deliverance again. The rest of the movie is good, but the white trash rape scene is a total deal breaker.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:51 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
The hillbillies humiliated the crap out of Ned Beatty.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:17 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Far less worse than the rape scene in American History X.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:20 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Didn't he just get booty raped?
Arky fan thinking this is perfectly normal...shocker.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:20 pm to upgrade
"Roll Tide Roll"
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:52 pm to Old Sarge
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Don't forget that the author of the book was gay...
He also played the sheriff in the movie.
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:21 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
The scene also works because they survived AND killed a dude. It bonds them and simultaneously creates tension as each character copes differently with both issues.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:33 pm to Willie Stroker
Ned betty's first movie credit.
Dude EARNED that check!
Was a best selling book first. One of TIME magazine's 100 best novels.
Dude EARNED that check!
Was a best selling book first. One of TIME magazine's 100 best novels.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:37 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Anybody else get hard every time they see it?
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:43 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Nothing, just a regular Friday night for most.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:44 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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I've never seen it
You're an Akry fan. You don't need to see it because you live it.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:58 pm to ScottFowler
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Ned betty's first movie credit.
Dude EARNED that check!
I expect he thanks god every night he wasn't typecast.
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