TMC
05-20-2015, 04:31 PM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/19/the-rape-of-sansa-stark-game-of-thrones-goes-off-book-and-enrages-its-female-fans.html
"Rape is not a necessary plot device," says Melissa Leon, who calls Sunday's scene "extraneous bullsh*t." "it is not a prop or a parlor trick to include for an end-of-episode shocker. On the rare occasion that sexual violence is depicted with a justifiable purpose, it's the consequences and emotional aftermath—not all the gory details of the act itself—that matter most. Will Game of Thrones's latest failure to grasp this affect its viewership totals in any perceivable way? Probably not." PLUS: Stop comparing rape to fantasy violence (http://www.indiewire.com/article/thanks-to-game-of-thrones-we-have-to-explain-why-rape-and-fantasy-violence-are-not-the-same-thing-20150519).
"Rape is not a necessary plot device," says Melissa Leon, who calls Sunday's scene "extraneous bullsh*t." "it is not a prop or a parlor trick to include for an end-of-episode shocker. On the rare occasion that sexual violence is depicted with a justifiable purpose, it's the consequences and emotional aftermath—not all the gory details of the act itself—that matter most. Will Game of Thrones's latest failure to grasp this affect its viewership totals in any perceivable way? Probably not." PLUS: Stop comparing rape to fantasy violence (http://www.indiewire.com/article/thanks-to-game-of-thrones-we-have-to-explain-why-rape-and-fantasy-violence-are-not-the-same-thing-20150519).