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Why is no one talking about the sexual undertones in this movie?!


"When boy asks you to do something, you do it!"
"I tried, but my knees hurt!"

That line is clearly talking about a BJ. I cannot think of any other context. On top of that, when Maurice is being yelled at for not trapping Brian in the underworld, Snick says something along the lines of, "Boy gets lonely. Boy wants Brian." Why would they phrase it that way?! Why would they specifically say, "Boy gets lonely"? That's such a strange way of saying it, and it could really only mean one thing.

And then obviously the entire scene where Brian confronts Boy, and Boy tries to convince him to stay and "be his pal". It's so freaking bizarre. And after Snick captures Brian, Boy says, "Show him to his room!" which is another incredibly odd thing for him to say.

To me, it seems like Boy traps children down there so he can have his way with them sexually and possibly use their skin for his creepy skin suit.

I can't believe this is a children's movie.

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I must agree with the off-topic.
I didn't watch the whole movie, only few scenes from YouTube, but this is enough to identify the sexual undertones in this movie. "My knees they hurt" scene is gross and sick in so many levels. For some reason, quite a few children's films from the 1980s included very vulgar and provocative elements.

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I still can't believe nobody's brought up Maurice's crass description of bras. "Over-the-shoulder-boulder-holders" my ass!

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