they got that concept&vibe off "The Mack".Goldy did that in that Movie with that Greasy Cat that was bugging Goldy.Bell Hooks&Her Books should be Dumped by Suge Knight in the Trash&then Madonna could throw in Some tips on How to Respect yourself¬ spread false lies.Johnny Cochraine could throw that SLander ticket on Bell Hooks in that trash can as well.

they got that concept&vibe off "The Mack".Goldy did that in that Movie with that Greasy Cat that was bugging Goldy.Bell Hooks&Her Books should be Dumped by Suge Knight in the Trash&then Madonna could throw in Some tips on How to Respect yourself¬ spread false lies.Johnny Cochraine could throw that SLander ticket on Bell Hooks in that trash can as well.

lovebizzare said:

So u have no problem with a woman bustin out from behind a building making a public spectable of herself yelling about her man not showin up in the middle of the street in broad daylight?

What did he say?

SnowQueen said:

Yep.

I want them to be roommates on next season of "The Surreal Life".

NettieSmiles said:

Well, as you know, Prince was getting grilled for the alledged misogyny in the movie. From what I can recall, I believe he said that they may have gone a little overboard for the sake of humor and apologizes for it. But he also said that he doesn't think anything they did there was unnecessary. And basically, IT'S JUST A GODDAMN MOVIE, PEOPLE!!!

NuPwrSoul said:

ROFL!!! THAT'S some sad, cold, IGNANT shit!



I never tripped on that scene until I got older. When I was young I laughed like everyone else. But when I see the film now, the blatant disrespect is kinda hard to swallow. I could see if it was a character we all hated, then it might be justified. But this was just some random woman - why is it "funny" to literally discard of this woman (translation - ANY woman) like that? Bad enough Kid's mom is getting her ass beat all the time & Apples gets the shit smacked out of her more than once - notice how he pushes her to the ground by gripping her face Definitely some questionable shit happenening there...



FUCK PURPLE RAIN!!!

I never had a problem with that scene, per se, except for that girl's terrible acting. At one point when she's yelling at Morris she is obviously on the verge of laughing...

I'm Catholic and my family used to receive a Catholic newspaper every month, and each issue would contain the list of recent banned movies (movies condemned by the Pope and which faithful Catholics were told not to view) by the Church and the reason why they were banned.

"Purple Rain" was on the banned list, and it was due to that trash can scene because it was considered degrading to women.

I remember seeing it listed in the newsletter and being surprised that THAT scene caused the movie to be banned. I was only a teenager, but in my mind there were scenes a lot more "naughty" or "bad" than that one that I thought would've gotten it banned. To me the trashcan scene was just silly. I could definitely see the point about degrading women, but still...

that scene was stupid...embarrasing

piflacoco said:

Come off it guys. we've all been there haven't we? We've all, at one point or another, had to chuck an ex-girlfriend into a trashcan... just to make a point you understand. It's all a part of being in a relationship.

The movie never says or implies it's ok to hit a woman. In fact, the violence in the movie only serves to show how troubled The Kid was, and even moreso, that he was continuing his father's cycle of violence, something the Kid saw in his parents' life.

I remember when this movie came out,there was alot of criticism that the film was sexist and degrading to women.I think it was Whoopi Goldberg who spoke out against the way women were treated in this film...

XNY said:

Exactly. We get the sense at the end of the movie The Kid is changing his ways after confronting his demons... his agreeing to play Wendy and Lisa's song, etc.

who threw bell hooks in the trashcan?

she must have gotten the Suge Knight treatment.

BTW...Too many people taking a politically correct, virtuous stance on the scene. It's a movie, and a campy one at that. It's not being insensitive to say the scene was funny and leave it there. No one's going around throwing their ex-girlfriends in garbage cans, not in 1984, not in 2003.

I remember when this movie came out,there was alot of criticism that the film was sexist and degrading to women.I think it was Whoopi Goldberg who spoke out against the way women were treated in this film...


***Prince's mother gets beaten
***Apollonia gets slapped a few times by Prince
***Wendy and Lisa are ignored by Prince
***A woman is thrown into a dumpster by Jerome
***Wendy gets on her knees and pretends to be giving Prince a blowjob during "Computer Blue"
***Morris Day refers to Brenda and Susan as "bitches"
***Jill Jones' character has a crush on Prince.But he simply uses her to get info about another girl that he admires (Apollonia).


But,if you can get past all that,it's a GREAT movie


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XNY said:

... but to some people it wasn't funny, and as a result it looked lame, insensitive, and it implied to some that it was acceptable (even humorous) to treat women like garbage (regardless of whether people actually practise that sort of behaviour in real life.) It's not being politically correct, vituous nor self-righteous - to see it as unfunny.

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Thoughts..women? men? Any issues on this?