I need to add that the movie character of Lolita thought the older man was a creep & he thought he was God's gift.
He became obsessed w/her, thinking he was her "world". The Lolita character was a young teen who enjoyed her friends, going places, being a young teen. He was a fucking loser who wanted to glob onto her youth and energy. I see it as exploitation and abuse, but the take away for so many is that it was her "fault" because she dressed like that, acted like that, went to that place, etc. - "she needed to be more modest" - sarcasm.
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