A review of "Shame"

"Shame" is a film short, coming in at under 10 minutes. It portays a young man ("Lance") living at home with his parents, just returning with scratches on his neck after a date with his abusive girlfriend. The script is demonstrative and seemingly meant to portray the uneasy ambivalence Lance and his father both feel about Lance's situation. Lance's mother, on the other hand, is at her wit's end and ready to confront the girlfriend. She calls the police and when they arrive, they take a report and instruct Lance to seek an arrest warrant and order of protection the next day.

This film short is meant to send a message: that yes, men are DV victims. And, it points out that it is most often men who are slowest to acknowledge their own or other men's troubles with being a DV victim. Just before the credits, it shows a citation of a CDC report on DV that states that 53% of DV victims in the study were male.

The producers are to be commended for taking the time and trouble to make this film. It aims to get a message out and make a point that sorely needs making. Hopefully with further such and other efforts, the truth will out.