The Running Man (film)/Fridge

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  • Initially, I thought that it was ridiculous that Amber Mendez was able to smuggle the tape containing the EXTREMELY incriminating evidence on the government into the gameshow undetected. Sure, she uses the classic "Women have more hiding-places" line, but c'mon, she was caught red-handed rifling through the filing-cabinet - and considering what you gotta go through to get on a PLANE today, WITHOUT first being caught with your hands in a cookie-jar of dirty government secrets, it seems unthinkable that they'd fail to find the tape anyway. But then I realized - the 'crimes' they make up against her (which, as I recall, includes 'having sex with 3 different men in a year) indicate that this dystopian future society is extremely puritan on matters of sexuality (while being extremely liberal on matters of EXTREME VIOLENCE - anyone else get a hint of societal critique here?), including enforced monogamy at the very least. Hence, its enforcers would be uncomfortable searching through those 'extra hiding-places', making it a long-shot, but not entirely impossible, that Amber would be able to keep the tape hidden in her Trouser Space... -- Black Dragon
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