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Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell claims the literary classic is 'full of S&M' after raunchy first trailer was branded 'erotic softcore porn' and test screenings sparked outrage with sex-fuelled bondage scenes
UK Daily Mail ^ | September 29, 2025 | Amelia Wynne

Posted on 09/29/2025 2:45:49 AM PDT by C19fan

Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell has claimed that the literary classic is 'full of S&M' after her new film's raunchy first trailer was branded 'erotic softcore porn'.

Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, this racy new version of Emily Bronte's iconic novel is set to hit cinemas next Valentine's Day.

Those expecting a faithful adaptation of the beloved work may be in for a rude awakening as Emerald's upcoming film is said to lean into the 'stylised depravity' she has become known for after directing the 2023 hit Saltburn.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; sex; victorian
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Hollyweird projecting their obsessions and depravity on the past. Reminds me how literary professors would find something gay in every piece of literature.
1 posted on 09/29/2025 2:45:49 AM PDT by C19fan
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Well, 50 Shades of Grey did sell extremely well. I guess they’re trying to leverage that, without paying for the IP.


2 posted on 09/29/2025 3:18:07 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Well, I sure hope the entire cast is black.


3 posted on 09/29/2025 3:45:56 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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I dont know, but he might be right. Society was more kinky than we think it was and writers, to avoid being banned, would resort to using code phrases to hide the real meaning of their words.


4 posted on 09/29/2025 3:50:28 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Pornography feeds abortion. Abortion is Satan's ultimate effort to hurt God. )
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I dont know, but he might be right. Society was more kinky than we think it was and writers, to avoid being banned, would resort to using code phrases to hide the real meaning of their words.


5 posted on 09/29/2025 3:50:33 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Pornography feeds abortion. Abortion is Satan's ultimate effort to hurt God. )
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I’m getting pretty sick of these diseased degenerates disfiguring culture and art to suit their genitally obsessed worldview.

CC


6 posted on 09/29/2025 4:01:52 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)
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WTH...

https://screenrant.com/wuthering-heights-movie-emerald-fennell-margot-robbie-warner-bros-netflix-cost-comparison/

The winning bid was only half as much?!

And the insistence on a theatrical release is just nuts...


7 posted on 09/29/2025 4:09:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Maybe they could team up with “Bad Bunny” for the upcoming Superbowl halftime show.


8 posted on 09/29/2025 4:09:31 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Jonty30

I’m OK with that. We all know the meaning without the raw explicit material. There’s more ingenuity and beauty in subtleties.


9 posted on 09/29/2025 4:13:09 AM PDT by bluemooncat
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To: Jonty30

I’m OK with that. We all know the meaning without the raw explicit material. There’s more ingenuity and beauty in subtleties.


10 posted on 09/29/2025 4:13:13 AM PDT by bluemooncat
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I’m OK with that. We all know the meaning without the raw explicit material. There’s more ingenuity and beauty in subtleties.


11 posted on 09/29/2025 4:13:13 AM PDT by bluemooncat
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More Hollywood sickness and depravity.

I recall the day and age when Hollywood movies went through a screening process and crap like this simply was not allowed. There were codes not allowing cuss words or nudity.

A real good movie is centered around a good plot and great acting. That’s all gone now. Today the F word is as common in movies as maggots are on a dead dog.


12 posted on 09/29/2025 4:13:48 AM PDT by redfreedom (They’re AWFUL...Affuent White Female Urban Leftists)
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To: redfreedom

Thank God for Olivier and Oberon...


13 posted on 09/29/2025 4:14:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Don’t forget about trannies too.


14 posted on 09/29/2025 4:15:08 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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“directing the 2023 hit Saltburn”

I tried watching that. It’s unwatchable.


15 posted on 09/29/2025 4:16:49 AM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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Anyone else wondering if Hollyweird now exists to launder money...


16 posted on 09/29/2025 4:17:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: C19fan

They behave as if there were no GOD. That’s the ultimate FAFO!


17 posted on 09/29/2025 4:55:45 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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Didn’t like the old Hollywood version and won’t bother with the new one. The story itself is too depressing and without any characters to root for.


18 posted on 09/29/2025 5:05:59 AM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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Satan leaves steaming pikes wherever he is invited in.

Laughing.


19 posted on 09/29/2025 5:13:22 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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Typical of low class directors; they try to bumpup their poor production with S&M or other deviated subject matter trying to sell their product. It hasn’t worked in the past.


20 posted on 09/29/2025 5:26:43 AM PDT by chopperk
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