I was kind of hoping the quote was take out of context but nope, he fully meant for the Hughie scene to be a joke.
It’s actually worse, the way he talked about Hughie’s breakdown made it seem it was mostly just about his dad and had nothing, or at least not too much to do with Tek Knight and Ashley. So the one supposedly tactful thing about that story arc wasn’t even there.
it was kinda funny in the moment imo, and I think that’s okay.
it was framed very differently than Annie's situation with The Deep, context and tone are everything. the mistaken identity, the BDSM bit, the sheer absurdity of it; it was funny.
treating the scene after it, with Hughie having a genuine moment of reflection and grief, as a joke is what isn't okay. I think I'll just choose to interpret the art differently than what it was intended to be, because I detest the idea that the situation- after the fact- doesn't fuck with Hughie.
Damn thanks. As a man who was sexual assaulted as a kid I should have just laughed at it all instead of being traumatized by it. I mean shit why treat the subject matter with any kind of respect when you can make a big joke out of it like %99 of the depictions of men being sexually assaulted in media.
The narrow, partisan perspective of Americans is exhausting. Sexual assault is not a left or right issue. Male SA is already seen as a joke. People are right to call this out.
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u/fuwafuwa7chi Jul 04 '24
Source for the Starlight quote: ScreenRant
And the Hughie one: Variety