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Screw Seth Rogen, Date Rape Isn't Funny

Is date rape funny? Seth Rogen and his crew apparently think so.

April 11, 2009 |

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Is date rape funny? Seth Rogen and his crew apparently think so. Watch this video from Feministing.com for the far-from-comic story.

Even actress Anna Faris, Rogen's fictional date rape victim, was shocked with the film's treatment of this criminal act, as she told the AVclub website:

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