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A script titled The Shame of Jane , registered with the Writers Guild of America in 1995 (WGA number 789,034, now lapsed), would have included Tarzan as a mute figure representing nature’s judgment. The "x" here would denote a dramatic conflict, not romance. The play would have depicted Jane’s shame as a metaphor for England’s guilt over imperialism.

Joe D'Amato (writing and directing under his real name, Aristide Massaccesi). tarzanxshameofjane1995engl work

There is no novel or film from 1995 titled Tarzan and the Shame of Jane . But there should be. The phrase itself is a brilliant condensation of the anxieties of that era: the shame of female desire, the shame of colonial violence, the shame of racial fetishism, and the shame of choosing safety over authenticity. In 1995, as the world prepared for the digital age, the Tarzan myth stood as a reminder that some shames are eternal. Jane’s shame is not that she loved an ape-man. It is that she needed civilization to forgive her for it. A script titled The Shame of Jane ,