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4th Dec '12 at 12:05:12 AM

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Roger Ebert had a quote about the double standard aspect as well: \\\"Rapa Nui slips through the National Geographic Loophole. This is the Hollywood convention that teaches us that brown breasts are not as sinful as white ones, and so while it may be evil to gaze upon a blonde Playboy centerfold and feel lust in our hearts, it is educational to watch Polynesian maidens frolicking topless in the surf. This isn\\\'t sex; it\\\'s geography. For years in my liberal youth, I thought this loophole was racist, an evil double standard in which white women were protected from exposure while \\\'native\\\' women were cruelly stripped of their bras, not to mention the equal protection of the MPAA.\\\"

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I will admit, Larkmann might have a point about this being more of an AudienceReaction trope, though. I\\\'m not sure where it falls, but I do feel it requires addressing.

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4th Dec '12 at 12:03:03 AM

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It just feels like it toes DoNotDoThisCoolThing crossed with NationalGeographicNudity and RapeTropes and invites audience titillation with the exploitation angle, and is more than a little disturbing.

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It just feels like it toes DoNotDoThisCoolThing crossed with NationalGeographicNudity and RapeTropes and invites audience titillation with the exploitation angle, and is more than a little disturbing. Especially considering the subplot about brothels specifically catering to white men with a RaceFetish.

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Roger Ebert had a quote about the double standard aspect as well: \

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Roger Ebert had a quote about the double standard aspect as well: \\\"Rapa Nui slips through the National Geographic Loophole. This is the Hollywood convention that teaches us that brown breasts are not as sinful as white ones, and so while it may be evil to gaze upon a blonde Playboy centerfold and feel lust in our hearts, it is educational to watch Polynesian maidens frolicking topless in the surf. This isn\\\'t sex; it\\\'s geography. For years in my liberal youth, I thought this loophole was racist, an evil double standard in which white women were protected from exposure while \\\'native\\\' women were cruelly stripped of their bras, not to mention the equal protection of the MPAA.\\\"

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4th Dec '12 at 12:00:33 AM

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It\'s been a point of contention on the blogosphere and the vlogosphere that Tarantino is breaking from his avoidance of graphic displays of sex and nudity in the worst way possible: Slave rape. Gratuitous, judging by the screenplay.

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It\\\'s been a point of contention on the blogosphere and the vlogosphere that Tarantino is breaking from his avoidance of graphic displays of sex and nudity in the worst way possible: Slave rape. Gratuitous, judging by the screenplay. It just doesn\\\'t seem necessary to graphically show it. It\\\'s not as if Tarantino couldn\\\'t write about off-screen rape, as he did with Beatrix Kiddo.

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It just feels like it toes DoNotDoThisCoolThing with the exploitation angle, and is more than a little disturbing.

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It just feels like it toes DoNotDoThisCoolThing crossed with NationalGeographicNudity and RapeTropes and invites audience titillation with the exploitation angle, and is more than a little disturbing.

Roger Ebert had a quote about the double standard aspect as well: \\\"Rapa Nui slips through the National Geographic Loophole. This is the Hollywood convention that teaches us that brown breasts are not as sinful as white ones, and so while it may be evil to gaze upon a blonde Playboy centerfold and feel lust in our hearts, it is educational to watch Polynesian maidens frolicking topless in the surf. This isn\\\'t sex; it\\\'s geography. For years in my liberal youth, I thought this loophole was racist, an evil double standard in which white women were protected from exposure while \\\'native\\\' women were cruelly stripped of their bras, not to mention the equal protection of the MPAA.\\\"

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