DISCUSSION OF THE DAY: There has been a huge uproar about a brutal rape scene between the Lannister twins in a recent episode of Game of Thrones. Heres the best and most spot-on critique of the use of rape scenes in TV shows and other entertainment mediums - Chuck Wendig, an author and a Male Ally, talks about why artistes, writers, producers etc need to be extremely careful and responsible when using rape scenes in their work. He says: If you’re going to deal with rape in your fiction, please give it weight and consequence. Do not let it drift toward being a lazy, cheap trope. Exercise every ounce of storytelling wisdom and skill and don’t just let it devolve into some half-ass plot point. It’s not a plot point in anybody’s lives. And last, remember that rape is real. It’s not the domain of fiction. It’s not granular, it’s not a spectrum, it’s not a shruggy hand-wavey sort of maybe-kinda-gee-I-dunno thing. Some of your audience will be victims of rape. Remember that, and think of them.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:10:01 +0000
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