| |
|
Yeah, the Grell-denial was what I was alluding to by her, um, un-rape-ability.
While I do think that run of Green Arrow was, for the most, not bad stuff, that always seems a bit odd of a cop-out. This idea that every time a woman is viciously attacked, we, the audience, have to be assured there was or was not rape. Of course, Nightwing got raped and had to have the author assure us of the fact, too, but it does have a higher frequency with women.
I'll add 'Alias' onto the list of offenders, just because, while the Purpleman did not, DID NOT, we are (re)assured, rape or have any sort of sex with our heroine (excluding mindfuck), it was the one bit of 'Alias' I just didn't enjoy. It was a by-the-numbers, it's a female-centered title so let's get her (pseudo)raped as soon as we can. Hey, it worked in 'Watchmen' so it has to be brilliant, right?
But it was some weird purple pheremone zipperless rape which Cronenberg or somebody might have been able to pull off, but Bendis just fumbled about with. Again, if it'd be Luke Cage getting worked over by Purpleman (or, hell, his not-quite-ready-for-Alpha Flight daughter), how would it have been played and received? As it was, it was just, blah. |
|
|
