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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:25 PM Jul 2014

Was there this much controversy when the movie Exit to Eden came out?

That was an Ann Rice book, and the movie came out in 1992. But the roles were reversed from 50 Shades of Grey.

In that movie, the woman (Dana Delany) was the dominant, and the man (some Ausie, I don't remember) was the submissive, who was tied up, blindfolded and beaten. I just asking, because I don't remember, as I was just a kid. Was that movie controversial?

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Was there this much controversy when the movie Exit to Eden came out? (Original Post) bluestateguy Jul 2014 OP

Wiki says it was a comedy n/t leftstreet Jul 2014 #1

there was this one scene at the pool with Dana Delaney... just dayum! wyldwolf Jul 2014 #2

It became controversial when Gilbert Gottfried was made the lead. Katashi_itto Jul 2014 #3

Apples and rocks. Exit to Eden, the book, was published under Anne Rice's SM-pseudonym genwah Jul 2014 #4

No, and like "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down" it poked fun at itself. Warpy Jul 2014 #5

leftstreet

(36,109 posts)

1. Wiki says it was a comedy n/t

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:29 PM

Jul 2014

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)

2. there was this one scene at the pool with Dana Delaney... just dayum!

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:30 PM

Jul 2014

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)

3. It became controversial when Gilbert Gottfried was made the lead.

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:32 PM

Jul 2014

genwah

(574 posts)

4. Apples and rocks. Exit to Eden, the book, was published under Anne Rice's SM-pseudonym

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:58 PM

Jul 2014

and it was erotic fiction that had a niche following, as so much BDSM fiction is crap. The movie was a comedy that wasn't very funny, had almost nothing to do with the book and the reason there wasn't any controversy is because nobody saw the movie. 50 Shades of Beige is, for whatever reason, popular, and the movie won't have Dan Akroyd playing a detective. Or, at least, one would hope this to be true. But the expectation is that this will be a movie people will pay to see, it has sex in it and so, controversy.

Warpy

(111,291 posts)

5. No, and like "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down" it poked fun at itself.

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2014, 12:14 AM

Jul 2014

From the preview, that's the last thing "50 Shades" is capable of. It comes of as a heavy handed BD/SM recruitment film.

For that reason, I'm giggling at the notion it's going to be a date movie.

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