(MENAFN - The Conversation) Narratives around sexual assault in Hollywood are changing â on screen and off.
There is a longstanding genre of film dedicated to depicting the crime of rape as it affects the fathers of the victims, showing fathers dishing out violent retribution.
Contemporary directors have been moving away from depictions like this, with many films choosing to complicate the simplistic morality of their predecessors.
But these films have generally been low-budget affairs with limited cinematic runs â unlike the budgets and stars pumped into stories about fathers, like Taken (2008) and Death Wish (2018).
With the success of 2020's Promising Young Woman , it is likely there will be more revisionist films like these reaching wide audiences and critical acclaim.