![]() Does Lolita place too much blame on Dolores? In films such as Lolita, the villain and victim lines are blurred with the precocious and sexually advanced way that Dolores Haze is portrayed. The relevance in exploring subversive sexuality in the age-gap film impacts how we view the characters themselves. ![]() Aside from the problematic conventions of the leading men ageing and the women remaining youthful in looks and spirit, the age-gap film poses questions about sexuality that mainstream Hollywood often shies away from. In cinema, age-gap relationships have been forever on display, from Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall to those seen throughout Woody Allen’s cinematic adventures (including his most recent Magic in the Moonlight). The age-gap relationship often takes the form of an older man and a younger girl, though there are the exceptions (take a look at The Graduate).
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