Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Comedian

My God, what an asshole.

What was up with his relationship with Silk Spectre? He brutally attacks her, but then she "can't stay mad" for some reason and has sex with him. But 16 years later, she's mad again and yells at him for talking to her daughter. And then at the end, we see her tearfully kissing his photo. WTF? Do you buy this love-hate relationship?
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3 comments:

kc said...

OK, I'm not quite done, but I saw this post titled "The comedian" and had to immediately respond.:

NO, I DON'T BUY THIS RELATIONSHIP. I think only a male author could have come up with it — some Norman Mailer/Philip Roth type who doesn't remotely understand the horror of sexual assault. She's basically cool with someone who beat her and tried to assault her, not to mention that he murdered a pregnant woman?

And this BS about how she kind of wanted him to do it?! That's the male fantasy of rape that the authors give voice to in the mouth of a female character! Please. Disgusting.

3:17 PM, May 28, 2009
Erin said...

Exactly! It's awful! That element alone just about ruined the book for me.

3:39 PM, May 28, 2009
Ben said...

I agree completely -- I didn't buy it and it almost ruined the whole book.

4:18 PM, May 28, 2009

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