Tarzanxshameofjane1995engl Work High Quality

The European theatrical cut runs 92 minutes. The US "adult video" edit cuts 14 minutes of dialogue-heavy shame sequences. The high-quality version is the complete 92-minute work with the shame monologues intact.

| Publication | Verdict | |-------------|---------| | Comics Journal | “Uncomfortable, necessary. One of the few comics to take Burroughs’ erotic subtext seriously.” | | Wizard Magazine (1995) | “Too mature for younger readers. A feminist reclamation of a sexist icon.” | | Modern Retrospective (2021) | “Outdated in some racial dynamics (Tarzan as ‘noble savage’), but radical for its focus on female shame as a plot engine.” | tarzanxshameofjane1995engl work high quality

Legacy: Influenced later deconstructions like The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and even The Power of the Dog (2021) in its depiction of repressed desire in wild settings. The European theatrical cut runs 92 minutes

Set shortly after the original Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Jane is back in England. She has rejected Tarzan’s proposal due to societal pressure. However, she cannot sleep, eat, or function. Her “shame” manifests as obsessive flashbacks of Tarzan’s body, his killing, his scent—things her culture labels savage. Climax: Jane hallucinates Tarzan tearing through her London

The story alternates between:

Climax: Jane hallucinates Tarzan tearing through her London bedroom. The final panel shows her realizing she is not ashamed of him, but of her own animal nature. She chooses to return to Africa—not as a missionary, but as a mate.

Because Tarzan x Shame of Jane was never given a mainstream DVD or Blu-ray release in English-speaking territories, "high quality" is a relative term. For a film of this provenance, high quality is defined by three criteria: