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In earlier posts we've been discussing the sex scene in "Name of the Rose". Most of the posts point out that the position of the woman is not acceptable. I agree with that. For too long women have been portrayed in subservient and degrading ways. We are changing that slowly by sharing our thoughts and beliefs in discussions in public (this forum an excellent example). That being said I want to ponder a different issue brought up in some of the sex scene posts. Some said that the sex scene was completely unecessary and shouldn't have been included because of it's offensive nature. I disagree. Tom stated that the sex scene was in the book. Whether the scene was written to keep readers interested or to show some cosmic love between the two characters should not determine whether it is included in the film or not. Because the author wrote it, it should be in the movie. We can criticize it but we can't remove it . In some ways this relates to my favorite story of human struggle, "Gone With the Wind". As of late (since the recent re-release) the movie has been bashed and completely dishonored because of its glorification of slavery. What I would like to counter that with is my hunch that a great number of people did glorify slavery in retrospect and Margaret Mitchell is only capturing this bit of slave owner nostalgia in novel form. This is something that truly troubles me because of my love for the story. Perhaps it doesn't connect perfectly to the topic, but I would like to hear someone elses (another fan?) view on the way we can criticize social topics in literature.

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• Re: Gone with the Wind David Anderson 22:52:41 12/09/98 (2)
  • Re: Gone with the Wind Dana Cunningham 15:56:28 12/10/98 (1)
    • Re: Gone with the Wind David Anderson 17:45:17 12/10/98 (0)

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: In earlier posts we've been discussing the sex scene in "Name of the Rose". Most of the posts point out that the position of the woman is not acceptable. I agree with that. For too long women have been portrayed in subservient and degrading ways. We are changing that slowly by sharing our thoughts and beliefs in discussions in public (this forum an excellent example). That being said I want to ponder a different issue brought up in some of the sex scene posts. Some said that the sex scene was completely unecessary and shouldn't have been included because of it's offensive nature. I disagree. Tom stated that the sex scene was in the book. Whether the scene was written to keep readers interested or to show some cosmic love between the two characters should not determine whether it is included in the film or not. Because the author wrote it, it should be in the movie. We can criticize it but we can't remove it . In some ways this relates to my favorite story of human struggle, "Gone With the Wind". As of late (since the recent re-release) the movie has been bashed and completely dishonored because of its glorification of slavery. What I would like to counter that with is my hunch that a great number of people did glorify slavery in retrospect and Margaret Mitchell is only capturing this bit of slave owner nostalgia in novel form. This is something that truly troubles me because of my love for the story. Perhaps it doesn't connect perfectly to the topic, but I would like to hear someone elses (another fan?) view on the way we can criticize social topics in literature.

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