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zandert33 posted:Anybody have any thoughts on Michael Shannon's sex scene with his wife, and the purpose of it in the scope of the story? The movie seems to work to show women as sexual: the masturbation scenes, Elisa pursuing the fishman, and Mike Shannon's wife initiating sex. Look at how he has sex. Where Elisa sets the fishman at ease before they go into things, Michael Shannon's character goes at his wife like a washing machine. Her comfort isn't important. Her pleasure isn't important. It's all about him. It's establishing that his perfect 50s family isn't a group of people he loves and cares about, but a thing he has. It doesn't matter if his wife is happy, as long as he's still getting what he wants from her. Basically, it's a way to establish his home life is of a piece with his attitude at work without going to the cliches.
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