John (Shane West) and Mary (Janet Montgomery) find themselves in the
middle of an epic romance, even as Puritan
witch hunts engulf the town in hysteria, horror, and despair.
This «operativo» turned into one
of the most hair - raising and intense parts
of the film and also an important turning point: while scoping out an area
of town, they got shot at; frantically jumped out
of the car to take cover; got info about who was shooting at them and went on a
witch -
hunt through town looking for a «white Jetta,» Instead, they found a seemingly innocent man in a white Cherokee; pulled him out
of the car and then away from his family and distraught young daughter; interrogated him at gun point in the back seat
of the car speeding through town as I was jammed in between the two
middle seats; and then brought him back to a torture chamber where they were similarly interrogating others with tazers.
During the period
of the
witch hunts of the
Middle Ages, the definition
of gossip took on a largely negative connotation; a «sign
of the degree to which the power
of women and communal ties were undermined.»