Of course not…if I wanna show a badass who just does bad things go right ahead …that’s not the problem here
If the entire movie is based on the character arc of “reforming” , then you need to make the character reform for a strong reason
U can’t show the character doing amoral things throughout without any regrets, and have something like this suddenly cause a catharsis …
if it wasn’t consensual, that becomes a crime and is a whole other tangent ….she then becomes a victim ..who is not at fault …
But the movie dosent show her as a victim …she is rather shown as someone who was at fault, realises and reforms ..which is wholly unconvincing in this case given she is reformed coz she’s a victim of a crime? and not because she realises how wrong she was?
I don't remember the movie frame by frame, but it kind of seemed like she DID know deep down that the way she was behaving was wrong. She just thought she was too smart. She sort of knew she was falling apart when she pushed her real friends away from herself.
That scene is so ambiguous I feel. From my perspective she wasn't at fault for being assaulted/raped but I doubt majority of the Indian audience feels the same way. That is where it becomes a bit tricky on how that particular scene should be judged. I think it was deliberate why they never clarified what happened.
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