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and seized this opportunity to make,
not a parody, but a reprise,
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of Elizabeth's symbolic rape
in the first film.
:52:09
The setting is again the bedroom, but with
Frau Frankenstein no longer a Fräulein,
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the bed is less functional furniture
than associative backdrop
:52:17
to Elizabeth's abduction
by her robber bridegroom.
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Here's another example of Whale
and Hurlbut's good theatrical instincts.
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As written, Pretorius and Dr Frankenstein
remain together during this episode.
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Pretorius merely shrugs at the suggestion
that he is behind the abduction.
:53:22
On the set, Whale contrived for Pretorius
to make another grand entrance,
:53:26
smashing the bric-a-brac while
the camera dollies in to a low angle
:53:29
to punch the impact of the moment.