November 26, 2007

Help me out…

Went to the movies last night with my fiancee.  I won’t tell you what movie I saw because I don’t want to spoil this before you get to see it.  This is my only question–would there be anything funny about a scene in a movie where a man exacts revenge on his cheating wife by repeatedly beating her with a belt?  I just wanna know.

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1. I bet Will Ferrell could make it at least sort of funny.

   Comment by Kirk — November 26, 2007 #

2. That ish is all the way funny. Fuhget Will Ferrell, attach a giant in drag’s name to the movie and you’ve got comedy copper!

   Comment by souldecirce — November 26, 2007 #

3. Only if it was a 90s style braided leather.

   Comment by evan — November 26, 2007 #

4. Don’t know about that. But I also saw this movie also and that part was funny as hell, but my friend didn’t find it too funny!!! (I did)

   Comment by Sheena — November 26, 2007 #

5. @ souldecirce:

   What? Another fucking Tyler Perry movie?

   Comment by Kirk — November 26, 2007 #

6. I don’t know…I’m just guessing that he would put something like that in a movie, and the audience is supposed to be all: “Yeah, whoop her ass!, She know she wasn’t right!”

   But I don’t know. Interesting that Bomani thinks it’s a movie we will go see. Can’t be This Christmas…

   Comment by souldecirce — November 26, 2007 #

7. All I know is I kept waiting for the follow up scene, ya know?…kept thinking round two was inevitable (but knew it would mess up said movie’s vibe).

   Comment by Kiesha — November 26, 2007 #

8. I don’t think it would be funny … but I could understand why he would want/need to do it.

   Comment by name withheld — November 28, 2007 #

9. I saw that scene and immediately thought of Roots…

   I was a bit shocked and wondered why nobody said “you know, this might not be appropriate” when making the film.

   Comment by Dee — November 28, 2007 #

10. You raised an excellent theorectical and ethical question, Brother. I’ll attempt an answer. Men beat and murder their wives at alarming rates. Most women do not know a woman who has beaten or murdered a man. But most women do know a woman who has been beaten or murdered by a man.
    For me, the scene was more shocking than funny. But I understood their vicarious laughter.
    Nzingha

    Comment by Nzingha — November 30, 2007 #

11. It could be funny – if said cheating wife was such a freak that she was actually enjoying the repeated belt-beating and only got more and more turned on as he did it, ending with the man giving up or passing out with exhaustion.

    Comment by Chris — November 30, 2007 #

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