John Singleton's Snowfall Audition Process Sounds Insane It is through Outlander's prolonged exploration of Jamie's suffering, and continued return to the plotline that makes it one of the most nuanced looks at male rape yet. Much like the rape scene on Snowfall, Outlander's graphic and disturbing scene showed an aggressor hellbent on destroying a person.
Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall ( Tobias Menzies) showed the sustained impact of the trauma. Similarly, Outlander's depiction of the rape of Jamie Fraser ( Sam Heughan) at the hands of Capt.
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There, the now-defunct series made clear the emotional toll, stigma and outright dismissal male rape survivors encounter. American Crime, for example, used the rape of a teenage boy by a more affluent male teenager as the jumping off point for its excellent Season 2. And unfortunately, this is not as nearly as insightful a take as shows that've gotten it right. That it is supposedly the pinnacle of degradation and a cause for shame means unpacking deeply held attitudes about sexuality and definitions of manhood. Yes, the idea that Snowfall uses a man's rape as the height of humiliation is unsettling. They know that even though Lenny is scum, nothing about what happened to him is funny - and he certainly didn't deserve it. Petrified with fear, Franklin and Leon are unable to speak or move at the sight of him. "He's like a master director.") Lenny meanwhile, makes eye contact with Franklin still handcuffed, bent over the bed, naked from the waist down and bleeding, he then stares into space in a way that makes his heartbreak visceral. (Singleton said director Daniel Attias deserved kudos for his treatment of the scene.
is trying to get the money out of this guy and that's what he does."ĭespite the big grin on his face after he finishes his attack, Karvel is shot in a way that makes him look like a monster. What would he do totally humiliate him? I came up with that. We talked about what would be the most shocking thing to see. "In the writer's room," he said, "we were talking about interrogation procedures. John Singleton, who co-created the series, told TV Guide in an interview that the scene was his idea. For a while, Franklin and his buddy Leon (Isiah John) are unaware what's happening outside the room, until Leon pieces it together and tells Franklin, "He ain't killing him, he giving it to him." Both boys are terrified, and in that moment join a small minority of characters who've endured or witnessed a man be sexually assaulted. Lenny still won't say where the money is, so Karvel drags him into a bedroom and rapes him. It happens when Karvel (Sheaun McKinney), a goon hired by the series' hero Franklin Saint ( Damson Idris) to steal back his money from Lenny (Craig Tate), elevates his violent interrogation to a horrific level. A recent episode of Snowfall, though, mostly gives the crime the gravitas it deserves.