Talk:Rape and revenge films

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[edit] Some changes and suggestions

The entry needs some redirects. You can't get here from "Rape/Revenge" -- the title has spaces, like this "Rape / Revenge". Also redirect from Rape Revenge, Rape-Revenge, Rape and Revenge, plus those terms with the word "film" or "movie" in them. There is no standard terminology for this genre.

I also put in a "dubious - discuss" notation, Here's why. First the entry says

Rape / revenge movies all follow the same three-act structure:

Act I: A woman is gang raped, tortured, and left for dead.

Act II: The woman survives and rehabilitates herself.

Act III: The woman kills all of her rapists."

Next it says "In some cases, the woman is killed at the end of the first act, and the revenge is carried out by her family."

Ah, excuse me? If these films all follow the same structure with the woman surviving to take revenge, then how come she's killed in "some cases"? I would have changed it to "many" RR movies have this structure, but that too needs a citation. So I think this problem needs some clarification.

I added a few references. If you Google "rape revenge", you will get a good many more hits.

I'm not trying to change the status of this entry -- just clear it up and add some much needed references.

Timothy Perper 13:47, 6 October 2007 (UTC)