bodice rippers

ALCの雑誌English Journalには毎号映画スターとのインタビュー記事があり、映画に疎い私には初耳の、映画用語が頻出します。　

"On one point, however, the bodice rippers are right: there can be such a thing as lovers at first sight."

bodice rippers: 「特に歴史的な趣向の、暴力と熱烈な性愛を扱った小説・映画」の注があったとメモをしておりますが、例によって念のためにWebで色々確認しました。

The free dictionary
a romantic book, usually where the story happens a long time ago, in which the characters show very strong emotions.

Web Dictionary
[n] - a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated

どうも意味、解釈に若干幅があるようです。そこでWikepediaを見ると丁寧に、つまり長々と説明がありますが全部引用すると長すぎるので一部のみを紹介します。

A bodice ripper is a genre of romantic fiction, often historical fiction. In the 1970s and 1980s, the heroine of such a novel often lost her virginity by force. While the genre has turned away from the trope of forced seduction, contemporary bodice rippers still feature unrestrained romantic passion, and a heroine who initially dislikes and actively resists the hero's seduction, only ultimately to be overcome by desire.
（中略）
Modern versions of the old-fashioned bodice ripper can be found by searching among books labeled Dark Romance, Erotic Romance, Romantica, Erotic Historical Romance etc.

興味のある方はWikepediaで全文を見て下さい。