I have a flinching horror of pale British guys taking their shirts off... and the movie really toned down the sex -- even the sex jokes -- from the play, so the flagellation scene would have felt way out of balance. (Of course maybe they were trying to tone down what they could to avoid an NC-17... it wasn't like they were going to be able to leave out the blood.)
I have a flinching horror of pale British guys taking their shirts off. *falls over laughing*
OK, to be serious for a moment *giggle* they did tone down the sex a *lot*. Anthony and Johanna didn't even *kiss*, which I frankly would have liked for characterization purposes let alone prurient ones. I guess it's the difference between the late '70s and the late aughts, plus with all the violence they may indeed have been trying to avoid an NC-17. *nod*
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OK, to be serious for a moment *giggle* they did tone down the sex a *lot*. Anthony and Johanna didn't even *kiss*, which I frankly would have liked for characterization purposes let alone prurient ones. I guess it's the difference between the late '70s and the late aughts, plus with all the violence they may indeed have been trying to avoid an NC-17. *nod*