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In reply to the discussion: ‘Rape porn’ possession to be punished by three years in jail, David Cameron to announce [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)I think The Accused has already been discussed, but next to Irreversible it's a Disney classic. I'm a pretty jaded movie viewer and it hurt me to watch it. Monica Bellucci is a known star and the only thing keeping it from being an actual rape from the perspective of the viewer is the fact that in the movie she is pounded into a coma as well as raped, so there would be actual injuries on the actor's face after production wrapped.
So how are we to prosecute a bit of fiction if it is indistinguishable from same? I don't think there's any way. The only thing I can think of is that if someone wants to use the movie as evidence of a crime, the production company would only have to produce a signed contract and a cancelled check. If they can do that, the rape depicted could easily be a bit of inspired method acting.
Even if there are injuries sustained, they may not be evidence of a crime but a job related injury. Actors get hurt all the time on the set.
I'd be willing to bet almost any rape porn produced in the first world is fiction. If we can achieve suspension of disbelief enough to convince people that some dude with Donny Osmond teeth is a super spy with amnesia or two middle class women can go on a crime spree and suicide into the Grand Canyon in a '66 Thunderbird any third rate porn production company can fake a rape. Why risk going to jail filming evidence of a crime when you can fake it?
So if we try to regulate fiction of any kind whether it is a depiction of a rape, a murder, or a pie fight we will inevitably run the risk of regulating legitimate investigations of the human condition. And the same question will always arise - "Is it art?"