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Silencing Mary Review - Variety
March 06 1998
Using the university as a microcosm of society as a whole, "Silencing Mary" explores issues surrounding date rape and how star athletes are allowed special treatment because of their physical gifts. Hart's popularity as "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" should draw young teens, an ace target for this message.
College journo Mary (Melissa Joan Hart) and roommate Holly (Lisa Dean Ryan) enjoy campus life, and football fan Holly's thrilled when wide receiver Billy (Lochlyn Munro, who, in a note to casting, is too short for the position) invites her to a fraternity party.
Seems the team's having a banner year, with major bowl aspirations and maybe a juicy NFL contract for QB Clay (Josh Hopkins).
At the party, a drunk Holly goes off with a predatory Clay and he rapes her. Mary is outraged, and wants to call the cops; a reluctant Holly agrees to report the rape through the university judicial system. But no cops.
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