Watching
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS from an adult perspective — and a dirty-minded one
at that — is a totally different experience than it was when I was a
kid. Seeing this sequence again right now, I only just noted that Baka
(Vincent Price) had those tethers at the ready in his lounging area when
about to whip Joshua the stone cutter (John Derek) to death. Baka was
clearly a slimy motherfucker, as evidenced by his conscripting slave
girl Lilia (Debra Paget) into unwilling sexual slavery and his statement
that he would only keep her "for a little while," then return her to
her life of everyday slavery "a bit more worthy." If he had those
tethers ready, what the hell kind of scene was he into, and how many
previous slave girls (and boys; he seemed like he would be rather fluid)
must he have whipped into oblivion?
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