:25:00
Why does Jane
go through with this?
:25:03
Is she stupid?
:25:06
Hey, but wasn't
this a rape?
:25:08
Or did I miss something?
:25:11
I'm confused,
because if this was a rape,
:25:15
then why would she
be a whore?
:25:21
It was confessional,
yet dishonest.
:25:24
Jane pretends to be
horrified by the sexuality
:25:27
that she in fact
fetishizes.
:25:30
She subsumes herself
to the myth
:25:32
of black male
sexual potency,
:25:34
but then doesn't
follow through.
:25:36
She thinks she respects
Afro-Americans,
:25:40
and thinks they're
cool and exotic--
:25:42
what a notch
he'd make in her belt--
:25:45
But of course, it all comes down
to a Mandingo cliche,
:25:48
and he calls her on it.
:25:51
In classic racist tradition,
:25:54
she demonizes,
then runs for cover.
:25:56
But then, how could
she behave otherwise?
:26:00
Shes just a spoiled
suburban white girl
:26:03
with a Benetton
rainbow complex.
:26:06
Its just my opinion,
and what do I know,
:26:09
but I think it's
a callow piece of writing.
:26:15
Callow... and coy.
:26:19
Jane wants more, but isn't
honest enough to admit it.
:26:23
In the end she returns
to the safety of her crippled--
:26:26
translation,
sexually impotent-- boyfriend.
:26:31
This is bullshit!
Her story was the truth!
:26:34
- Right.
- It's unbelievable!
:26:37
- It's cliched!
- It's disgusting!
:26:39
But it happened!
:26:47
I don't know
about what happened, Vi,
:26:50
because once
you start writing,
:26:52
it all becomes fiction.
:26:54
Still...
:26:57
it certainly is an improvement
over your last story.