"Polanski never really struck me as a filmmaker who believed in a purely external manifestion of evil - say, as John Car
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lazarillo — 10 years ago(April 01, 2016 05:01 PM)
People often try to judge things from the past by modern standards. Spousal rape simply wasn't considered rape back then and women usually bore it in silence. He didn't actually rape her at all obviously, and even if he were telling the truth (that he didn't want to miss "baby night"), an "unliberated" woman in the 1960's might have consider it more important to have a baby than to worry that her own husband violated her drunken, unconscious body. You don't have to personally believe something is morally RIGHT to be able to understand why people do what they do sometimes.
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BobbyDupea — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 07:14 AM)
What's even more disgusting is that I'm sure the male audience would just have said the same thing.
That's a wonderful stereotype of men. No, many of the men in the audience were appalled at Guy's behavior (or his claimed behavior - he was lying to hide the truth from Rosemary). But that is the whole point of the movie - Guy's behavior is horrible - he sacrifices Rosemary to his ambition in a sneaky, disgusting way.
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