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re: Animal House: Dated or still holds up?

Posted on 11/20/15 at 10:27 pm to
Posted by Dr RC
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Posted on 11/20/15 at 10:27 pm to
the part where the devil on the pledge's shoulder basically tells the kid to date rape what turns out to be a drunken passed out 13 year old has always been a bit uncomfortable for me to watch and I'm sure it only comes off worse to a modern audience.

Not sure people would care for Flounder dropping the N bomb the way he did at that club either.

Aside from those two things, I think it holds up very well.
This post was edited on 11/20/15 at 10:31 pm
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 11/20/15 at 11:44 pm to
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Not sure people would care for Flounder dropping the N bomb the way he did at that club either.


You know "negroes" isn't the N bomb, right?

The N word isn't in Animal House.
Posted by iliveinabox
in a box
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 11/21/15 at 4:42 am to
Never going to be a bad flick breh
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 11/21/15 at 7:09 am to
quote:

the part where the devil on the pledge's shoulder basically tells the kid to date rape what turns out to be a drunken passed out 13 year old has always been a bit uncomfortable for me to watch and I'm sure it only comes off worse to a modern audience.


Guys in college still think this on a nightly basis. They have almost for sure run into this drunken situation. The joke is funny because it's true (save the 13 year old part). I don't see how this joke is remotely dated.

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Not sure people would care for Flounder dropping the N bomb the way he did at that club either.


Can't say I remember that scene. I don't think Flounder had a mean enough bone in his body to shout out the N-Word.
This post was edited on 11/21/15 at 7:11 am
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 11/21/15 at 8:11 am to
But Pinto doesn't rape Colette. He brings her home in a grocery basket. Later in the movie, when they're in the middle of the football field about to have sex, she tells him she's only 13.

Flounder calls the patrons of the Dexter Lake Club "negroes", which in the early '60s, was the proper/polite terminology.

Final note...
Mandy Pepperidge's post pillow fight nude scene is a thing of beauty. Those breasts will hold up forever!
Posted by Breesus
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Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 11/21/15 at 8:55 am to
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the part where the devil on the pledge's shoulder basically tells the kid to date rape what turns out to be a drunken passed out 13 year old has always been a bit uncomfortable for me to watch and I'm sure it only comes off worse to a modern audience.


What's crazy is the actor actually raped her!
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