(Some mild spoilers ahead for “The First Purge”)
Mid-way through “The First Purge,” lead character, Nya (Lex Scott Davis) is out on the very first Purge Night looking for her brother, when she gets caught in a trap — a noose closes around her leg and drags her partially into a hole, where a masked man gropes her. Nya manages to pepper spray the guy before running off. And as she escapes, she calls him a “p—- grabbing motherf—–.”
An obvious reference to the infamous Donald Trump “grab them by the p—-” tape, it’s one of the signature moment in the movie and emblematic of the franchise’s overt political themes. And as it happens, it was a late-stage addition to the film.
In an interview with TheWrap to promote the home video release of “The First Purge” — it’s out on disc and digital now — Davis revealed...
Mid-way through “The First Purge,” lead character, Nya (Lex Scott Davis) is out on the very first Purge Night looking for her brother, when she gets caught in a trap — a noose closes around her leg and drags her partially into a hole, where a masked man gropes her. Nya manages to pepper spray the guy before running off. And as she escapes, she calls him a “p—- grabbing motherf—–.”
An obvious reference to the infamous Donald Trump “grab them by the p—-” tape, it’s one of the signature moment in the movie and emblematic of the franchise’s overt political themes. And as it happens, it was a late-stage addition to the film.
In an interview with TheWrap to promote the home video release of “The First Purge” — it’s out on disc and digital now — Davis revealed...
- 10/3/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
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