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Originally Posted by sapiens
Another thought: Dushku's character is effectively a slave who gets attacked and raped nearly every episode. A bit disturbing.
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This is my main problem with the show. It's not that I have a problem watching disturbing stories. One of my favorite movies (
Irréversible) has a terribly raw and gut-wrenching 9 minute long rape scene with no cuts. The difference between that and the scenes in Dollhouse is that Irréversible respects the gravity of what it is showing. Watching someone who has no real control over their actions get pimped out and raped and then have their knowledge of the event wiped away should not be filmed as a "sexy" scene. There is nothing "sexy" about watching Dushku's character have sex with these clients. She's very attractive, and under any other circumstances I'd certainly enjoy watching her be scantily dressed and in sex scenes. But these scenes should not be filmed like any standard old TV sex scene - and they are. So what's disturbing to me is not the subject manner, but the presentation - because that presentation has little to no relevance to what's going on.