Marcellus Wallace being raped was shocking and repugnant, that scene still makes me cringe and look away. Yes, I think Quentin Tarantino films still substain their shocks even after many audiences may have been de-sensitized by Deliverance, yet those were a bunch of inbred dumb rednecks, what’d expect?
I think Pulp Fiction impacts much harder for sheer perversion and degeneracy, and delves into the human sickness. I am not sure whether or not, even Irreversible’s rape scene though more graphic and violent sedates the shock in this Pulp Fiction scene.
