Tropescilloscope: Rape as Drama

Nonconsensual sex used as a serious and dramatic plot element. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Foregone Conclusion Vacation Films An Arm and a Leg Bound and Gagged Disney Villain Death Deliberately Monochrome Silence Is Golden Character Development Not So Above It All Hooker with a Heart of Gold Black and Gray Morality Closed Circle Victoria's Secret Compartment Drill Sergeant Nasty Punch-Clock Villain Film Noir Dramedy "Shaggy Dog" Story Mooks Call-Back Neck Snap Butt-Monkey Break the Cutie You Killed My Father Heterosexual Life-Partners Cowboy Cop Sci-Fi Horror The '80s Darker and Edgier "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Smug Snake Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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