Loathing is an appropriate response to a rape scene The American audience is too used to seeing rape exploited simply as a plot point in an entertainment so its refreshingif disturbingto see a rape scene portrayed as horrifically as it is in Showgirls See I Spit on Your Grave for another example of a film that makes it abundantly clear that the rape scene is not intended for entertainment As brutal as the rape scenes are in these movies its clear that both of them are antirape movies So the scene has fulfilled its purpose Frankly Im a bit repulsed when someone suggests that the rape scene in Showgirls should somehow be softened