Following surprise, shock and outrage that the new Peter Rabbit film featured scenes of explicit sex and violence, it has been announced that the film will be released in heavily edited form.
“Perhaps including a scene of enthusiastic oral sex was a misstep with Beatrix Potter’s beloved children’s classic,” said producer Kathleen Lucas
“And, certainly, I never particularly thought the 3-minute graphic bludgeoning scene really worked in the context of a charming woodland adventure.”
The controversy began after star Daisy Ridley that she was surprised to have to record a vocal track of several minutes of sexual appreciation climaxing in orgasm.
Further investigation revealed that the film was to feature a scene in which Peter Rabbit performs an explicit act on Mopsy. The scene isn’t believed to have been taken from any of the original books.
Not only was there an oral sex scene, but a graphic scene of intercourse, and a threesome scene with Peter, Flopsy and Mopsy.
The violence included the bludgeoning, a kerbstomp, and an homage to Korean classic OldBoy in which Mr MacGregor brutally beats a variety of henchmen in a dirty corridor.
Although Ms Lucas is happy that the decision to cut the explicit sex and violence was correct, it presented the team with a problem.
“Well, after we’d removed the offensive material, we were left with a 50-minute running time,” she said.
Happily, a solution was quickly found
“Yes, we just put in 40 minutes of Communist propaganda, I’m sure that’ll be fine.”
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