kowalski said:The "unfortunate" doctor actually turns out to be a fanatic by the end... a villain.
What does her ability to enjoy sex have, exactly,
anything to do with it?
(By the way, she didn't "turn into a villain," but that's a completely different conversation...)
... and if you step away from the standard feminist trope about how women are humiliated in films like this...
In "films like this," subjectively speaking,
one woman is being humiliated; women (plural) are humiliated in other, hyper-produced trash usually rated X...
... and if you look closer at how that scene is directed, you'll see Verhoeven actually showed how much she enjoyed it, maybe even more than him.
You know, I’d argue that Lyman (quite effectively) showed how much that forgettable businessman-criminal enjoyed being whipped; however, that still doesn't mean I find a scene like that sexy or provocative.
... preferences vary...
That's exactly my point!
... the emphasis here is on the rawness and brutality of the encounter, the contrast between male and female dynamics, which when merged, create a wide range of intensity.
Not quite. The focus here is on the idiotic, infantile depiction (of almost every) man's idea of "what a woman (obviously, every woman) actually needs." Which is... well, pathetic. Pretty much.
it didn't really seem to me like the doctor was experiencing his work phlegmatically.
Acting, kiddo. Ever heard of it?
