Rape scene in Brad Pitt's Fury

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28. Any criticism of any art that starts with 'I have not seen it' is a waste of space.

I have not seen the film, so I have no opinion on it. The article posted is not a review, and I have read it and I do have a few criticisms of it. First off, the editorial is focused on Brad Pitt, and even calls the film Brad Pitt's 'Fury'. This in an incorrect attribution of credit. The film is written and directed, authored by David Ayer who is barely mentioned at all. On the other hand, Angelina Jolie is criticized in a piece about a film which she is not in, which she did not write nor direct. Her husband is in it. Are wives accountable for their husband's work? No. And yet this writer includes video of Jolie, no less. Not a review at all.
I read this piece and I think it is exploitative. There is very little discussion of the film itself and almost no mention of the artist who wrote it and directed it. If the scene is offensive, it is Ayers who offended. The fault or the credit for the film belongs to him but he is a non entity in the story. A story about Pitt and Jolie being hypocrites. Which is sexier than an actual criticism of a film by David Ayers.
Bringing Jolie into it really lost me. Particularly if we are to call this a 'review' of the film. She's not in it. Her husband is. Is she somehow his property, or is he somehow hers? And what of the other male, the one who actually wrote and directed the material being discussed?
Focus on Jolie and Pitt is done not to communicate about the film or the scene, but to benefit the 'critic' by having famous names to drop. This writer is exploiting Jolie for the writer's own benefit. Because she's married to someone in the film. She's got nothing to do with making the film. But she is used in the criticism of the film. Don't care for that at all.
But the film? Have not seen it. So who knows? Not me.