Have been perusing the "Pantheon" Top 100 movies list, I can see now why you avoided Lebowski but I have to say I was quite shocked to see "Eternal Sunshine", and "There Will Be Blood" so high up, frankly I was surprised to see them there at all. If they can make the top 100 but "Hard 8" is missing than I guess "Inception" must be the greatest mind bending think piece ever ... In any case, back on topic, so why did you guys soft pedal "Naked"? Not trying to sound indignant but I'm surprised nobody has called you out for describing what is clearly rape as angry sex or something like that. I realize this is a "family" show (bleeping out "gook") but how does utterly mischaracterizing Johnny do anybody any favors, I think you can afford to be less prudish in future, Rape is a horrible thing but it is not a bleepable word, got to have the courage of your convictions after all.
You're reading way too much into it. If I was vague, it's because I haven't seen that scene in 15 years. I can't imagine though anybody thought I was classifying Johnny as anything but a monster. Human and pathetic as he might be.
Okay, no biggie but I'm not reading into it, it was just something which struck me as really odd and if it was unintentional then that is fine but you have to admit it that referring to the rape/sex assault which begins the film without actually using those terms does a disservice to the listening audience. I mean, would you describe Irreversible's infamous sequence as a bad date? Johnny is fun to watch, but Johnny is also a rapist, this is not intended as a prissy, PC point, rather it is Leigh's deliberate attempt to make Nihilism seductive and disturbing, which he accomplishes with great skill in the character of Johnny. Anybody listening to what you said would not think to regard the movie and Johnny as anything other than a "funny" character in a somewhat dark tale of a philanderer. Why watch that? I am patently
not implying that unconsciously you approve of the character's actions or any such drivel, I just think that you can't say it's not important, even crucial to the movie that we know Johnny is a rapist, describing him otherwise eviscerates the movie and character. Is he a monster, I don't know, he commits a monstrous deed with utter insouciance but maybe human and pathetic is closer to the truth than monster.
I guess my overarching point is that we shouldn't succumb to bowdlerization when having discussions about interesting films, nor should we have to frame fictional constructs, be they character or story or whatever with insipid moral clauses, stumble over definitions and grope for meaning when speaking plainly and to the point will do nicely and get to the heart of the matter so real discussions can proceed apace.