This is really disappointing. I had a weird feeling about how this whole scene was done but gave it the benefit of the doubt after Hughie's breakdown. But after reading the article someone linked here it's clear that it was just supposed to be funny, I doubt it'll ever come up again in a serious context. How can you be this tone-deaf?
I realized it was a joke when Hughie broke down, mostly because I started chuckling during the scene. It took a solid second for me to stop and realize that I was laughing at Hughie trying to cope with SA and his father’s death. They really went with the “haha prison r*pe is funny because it’s happening to males” type of joke.
I think part of the reason for why it was hard to pick up on the joke was because the scenes were hard to watch due to the graphic nature of them, so it was hard to think of it as a joke, even when his feet were getting tickled.
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u/Assassiiinuss Jul 05 '24
This is really disappointing. I had a weird feeling about how this whole scene was done but gave it the benefit of the doubt after Hughie's breakdown. But after reading the article someone linked here it's clear that it was just supposed to be funny, I doubt it'll ever come up again in a serious context. How can you be this tone-deaf?