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ll never be tolerated." By linking the crossing of racial boundaries with the rape fantasy, The Cheat plays on all the ambivalence associated with that fantasy. In essence, this film serves to warn then-contemporary audiences of the very real dangers of involvement with those who are different. It strongly reinforces the image of even a handsome, wealthy, sophisticated, and successful Japanese businessman as a potential rapist who casually uses violence when he does not get his way. Such a portrait clearly demeans and diminishes the Japanese while further presenting the white female victim of

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