When they arrived, they perused the list of matinee movies playing to make a decision on which one they would see. Howard wanted to see a violent action film with heavy sexual overtones while Anita wanted to see how the new effects had been applied to a vintage movie. Although she wasn’t bothered by the explicit sex in Howard’s movie, she had no interest in being psychically inundated in the blood and gore of an action movie. The movie she had selected was a light comedy about how a man’s dearest wish got him into trouble. She wanted to experience the feelings of a man who had found himself in an untenable position much as Howard had. She thought it might help her understand how he felt even if the film wasn’t serious. Howard, on the other hand, wanted blood and gore splattered all over the screen. His life had turned to shit and he unconsciously wanted to revenge himself by blowing the responsible party into chunks of splintered bone and macerated muscle with a hail of hollow point bullets from an automatic weapon. The larger the weapon and the smaller the pieces the better. If he couldn’t execute his imaginary tormentor in real life, he would do it vicariously by watching the most violent movie he could find.
Who Wears the Pants Scene 49
