# Critical issue about "Back to the Future"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-issue-about-back-to-the-future/594600 "2011-08-30T07:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-issue-about-back-to-the-future/594600/1 "2011-08-30T07:39:15Z")

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I expended considerable energy years ago on a thread I started in The Pit, on movie content I disapproved of, including _Back to the Future._  
However, what I would like to know is this:  
During the 1950s sequence–which I did not see–my understanding is that Fox’s character desperately tries to get his parents together to preserve his own existence. I recently read something–I forget the source–suggesting he even considered _raping_ his mother to accomplish this!:eek: That is a horrifying thought. Am I anywhere near correct on this? ☹

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