Readings of Deliverance have tended to privilege one particular interpretation, failing to fully grasp its relevance. The imagery, stereotypes, and symbols produced by the film still inform popular perceptions of the US South, even by those who have never actually watched it. Since its release, the film has provoked passionate critiques, inspired different analyses, and has become a cult phenomenon. Biden’s reference to the film mean? Is Deliverance a story about survivalism? An ecological cautionary tale? An allegory of the rise of the Sunbelt? A thinly veiled homoerotic fantasy? In order to survive the southern “heart of darkness,” the suburbanites must give in to their primal instincts and break a series of laws and moral codes.) But what exactly does Vice Pres. Their adventure turns into a nightmare when they come across two “inbred hillbillies” and one of the canoeists is violently raped. (In the film, four middle-class suburban men paddle down the Cahulawassee River to explore the Georgia Mountains’ wilderness before it is flooded by the construction of a dam. The plot of Deliverance (1972) is relatively simple and so familiar that the vice president of the United States used it as shorthand to convey the humiliation and horror of sexual assault in the celebration of the anniversary of an institution dedicated to help victims of domestic abuse. I say, why do you think so many women that get raped, so many don’t report it? They don’t want to get raped again by the system. I’d come back and find him.” Why wouldn’t you go to the sheriff? Why? Well, the reason why is they are ashamed. Why didn’t the guy go to the sheriff? What would you have done? “Well, I’d go back home get my gun. And I’ll say, “After those guys tied that one guy in that tree and raped him, man raped him, in that film. And I’ll say, what’s the one scene you remember in Deliverance? And every man here knows exactly what scene to think of. You often hear men say, “Why don’t they just leave?” And I ask them, how many of you seen the movie Deliverance? And every man will raise his hand. Even though the VP had written the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, and therefore had the authority to speak about the subject, he decided to add a clumsy personal touch to his address: On May 1, 2013, Vice President Joe Biden delivered the keynote speech at the Voices Against Violence event in Washington, D.C.

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