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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
Why the snark? It's a perfectly legitimate question.
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I wasn't my intention to be snarky. I honestly thought the symbolism and meaning in that scene was rather obvious. During the, what, 25 years since that movie came out, I've heard lots of comments on that scene, but this is the first time someone asked about its meaning. So, I was, like, "Huh... ?!"
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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
Not everyone brings the same experiences and knowledge to the table when they experience a piece of art.
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Art though the movie is, it isn't
abstract art. It's not like we're talking about, say, a Georgia O'Keeffe painting, which some people see as just a close-up of a flower, and other people see as an abstract representation of a woman's vulva. Because, the "flower = vulva/vagina" representation in that scene in
The Wall is explicitly animated and overtly implied.
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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
Yours made that aspect of it very easy to understand. His made it difficult. I'm sure another part of the movie jumped out at him and you've missed it.
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Again, IMHO, the eroticism and the domination and the "sex = fear = violence" in that part of the movie is so obvious, and that it's so obvert and explicit, that it catches
every one's attention and drives home its meaning.