Rape scene in Brad Pitt's Fury

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11. At the extreme least, it's a power imbalance issue

You watch it and you have to realize that the women have no choice, even if the two that go in at first are "good" guys in a sense. And even calling them that is a hell of a stretch considering how brutalized they are themselves by the war and what they've seen.

It's an important scene on a lot of levels. It's another of the aspects of war that often doesn't get talked about or gets a footnote. Here, it's made into a powerful moment that a lot won't really realize.

I thoroughly loved the way the movie was put together and all that went into it. And that scene was in a way the hardest one of the film to watch, particularly at first, because you don't know what Pitt's character is truly capable of. We only know him as the hardened soldier. Just how dark is his soul? How far will he go? What will our young naive soldier do in this situation?

It's uncomfortable. It's supposed to be. And those moments are important for helping shape our thoughts and opinions on things. Because if it's glossy or slick, you don't really grasp the seriousness of it all.

It wasn't gratuitous. It wasn't played for sexy-time appeal to the largely male audience that went to it. It was done to show just how fucked up everyone is in that situation and that even those that are trying to do it in the way Pitt's character does is still awful.