Article: BRAVE NEW WORLD ERICA BAIN METES OUT JUSTICE, BUT JODIE FOSTER SUGGESTS YOU HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE.(LA.COM)

Byline: >BY GLENN WHIPP

>FILM WRITER

Jodie Foster knows that her new movie, "The Brave One," will rub some people the wrong way.

"That's fine," she says. "It should disturb people. It's subversive. I expect discussion. Discussion is good.

"I went through this on 'Taxi Driver.' I went through this on 'Silence of the Lambs.' I went through it big-time on 'The Accused,' where people in the audience were cheering when my character was raped.

"This movie makes people uncomfortable. Good. It should make people uncomfortable."

But in pushing people's buttons, is "The Brave One" sending mixed messages about its heroine, a ...

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