Kate

Saw ‘Horrible Bosses’ today.

Funny  film, except that for some reason, the writers thought that shoving a whole load of rape jokes in would be abso-fucking-lutely hilarious.

The synopsis of the movie is pretty simple: three men hate their bosses yet are unable to quit their jobs for various contrived reasons. One boss is manipulative and greedy. One boss is lazy and a cokehead. One boss is a rapist.

The rapist boss, though? Female. Attractive. Played by Jennifer Aniston.

You know what this means, right? INSTANT COMEDY.

The guy saddled with the rapist as a boss is constantly mocked by his friends. According to them, his continual sexual harassment by a superior is nothing to complain about compared to, say, being told off for being two minutes late or having to fire someone when you don’t want to. In fact, one character implies that he should be grateful to be sexually harassed – after all, he’s getting some action from a hot chick, what’s the problem?! When Jennifer Aniston sprays water on his crotch, he makes high-pitched squeaking noises. The audience laughs. When she accosts him in her office wearing nothing but panties and a labcoat, he can’t take her eyes off her hot body. The audience laughs. When she grabs his penis completely against his will, his face freezes in an exaggerated grimace. The audience laughs. The guy rightly accuses his boss of raping him and expresses a desire to work in a ‘rape-free environment’. The audience ...