Raw Deal: A Question of Consent
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 9:53AM 
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Raw Deal is one of the most exposing and controversial documentaries about rape and fraternity life today. Billy Corben's remarkable exposé on the contested rape of 27-year-old Lisa Gier King in Gainesville, Florida, is sure to provoke heated discussions everywhere about rape, women's rights, and male privilege. On Friday, February 26, 1999, Delta Chi frat brothers at the University of Florida held a party at their fraternity house and hired exotic dancer Lisa Gier King to perform. The following morning, a half-naked and distraught King ran from the house, claiming that Michael Yarhaus had raper her. Her most startling allegation was that frat brother Tony Marzullo had videotaped the crime. Two days later, King herself was arrested for filing a false police report after authorities claimed the rape showed "clearly willing and consensual sex." The community was stunned by King's arrest after it was discovered that the videotape showed Marzullo himself repeatedly addressing the camera to gleefully describe that what he was witnessing was a rape. Under pressure from the media and Campus NOW to charge the frat brothers with rape, State Attorney Rod Smith arrogantly responded by making the tape available to the public so people could "make up their own minds." Filmmaker Billy Corben takes Smith's challenge and presents the scandalizing, sexually explicit footage alongside interviews of participants involved with the case to conduct an investigation the police never did. The result is a shocking insight on fraternity life and the politically constructed nature of "the truth."
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Billy,
Im sorry to call you Billy like I know you, but I guess I wish I had friends with as much genius as you posses. I saw cocaine cowboys in 2006. I love Docs even more then fictional movies but I think that CC is the best Doc ever. You got all the facts and your getting your info straight from the horses mouth and its absolutley mesmorizing. I know you probly got this a million time already, but lets make it a billion. THERE NEEDS TO BE A JORGE "RIVI" AYALA MOVIE. This guys got 29 murders he can talk about, thats enough to make at least a 3 part series. He's handsom, charizmatic, and the fuckin guy tells a great story. One more thing. Im a child of Colombian parents. My parents came here in the early 80's late 70's are the Cowboy era. My father done, two seprate 5 year bids on cocain charges. I've got 2 dead cousins who were colombian sicarios in NY. Just like there were killings and drug dealing in FL at this era, NYC had its own Cocaine Cowboys. We had our own influx of colombian immigrants during this era and I think that story needs to be told. There are many stories like that of Rivi in NYC during this time and I think it would make an unbelievable spin off to CC. Plus New Yorkers have totally embraced this movie and I think you guys would get twice the attention in this market ($$$). I just feel like this is a story thats never been told, and i feel like you guys would be the ones to truly do it justice. Thank your time and for telling an unbelievable true story.
forever thankful.
Colombian Oscar
Billy,
I recently saw Cocaine Cowboys on Showtime, and I immediately started looking for when it was going to air again as it gave me serious rush man. I gotta give you so much props it is a phenomenal doc, everything from the editing to the music was done perfectly, and I don't even know what to say about the story telling abilities of the people interviewed, they. I grew up watching Miami Vice and I was always facisnated by 1980's Miami, your doc captured all of the grittiness, exhilaration and menace of the era
"Cocaine Cowboys" and "Bastards of the Party" are my two favorite documentaries of all time. I look forward to seeing CCII
Best regards,
Josh G from L.A.
I FRIST WANT TO START OFF WITH BY TELLING YOU, THAT YOUR WORK IS AMAZING,IM FROM THE BAY AREA CA, WHERE ""GRISELDA BLANCO"" FLOODED OAKLAND IN THE 80'S WITH COCAINE ,WHEN CRACK WAS ATT ITS PEAK,U SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER COCAINE COW BOYS,PART 3 ASAP,AND U SHOULD START GETTING INTO,MAKING ANOTHER DOC ON HOW CALI FLOODS THE STREETS WITH "GRADE A" WEED ,HOW PPL LIVE IN DO THEIR THING, GET ATT ME ..
MUCH RESPECT ..TO YOUR WORK.
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