I highly doubt the whole “it’s not rape” quote is less about not being rape and more of a brutal message to everyone who uses that excuse. I would argue that it is one of the few times that rape is used in a movie (without it actually happening on screen. Fuck you Last House on the Left) and it sends a powerful…

I didn’t get the sense that the director was endorsing the Blind Man’s take on things. We’re supposed to think he’s way off the deep end, and that the sexual assault and forced pregnancy are extremely unsettling. I wasn’t thrilled that rape was in there at all, but I didn’t feel as though the movie was arguing that he…

To be fair, I think we’re supposed to disagree with that line and totally see it as rape. Still super squicky.