but as an atheist who had an open marriage and wrote unapologetically sexual characters, Rand doesn’t fit neatly into any Christian values-based marketing plan

Can’t they just say, “Come see what a shitty movie we made when we adapted a novel by a Godless whore?”

Hey, I think I’m kinda offended by that comment gloveshot! And there’s no capital “G” in godless! Come over to my place for your ritual non-sexual spanking!

I’ve forced myself to read many books that I found, honestly, torturous. While Rand can come up with a sex scene, it’s totally of the type that would get rejected by even the most guttery of the gutter porn industry ("I knew she wanted it, her storm drain winked at me, and it was off to the races…"). WIthout the smut though, I doubt anyone would have heard of this trollop.