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[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago

The book is fine. It does not at all empathize with the pedophile, it doesn't sexualize Lolita. Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation however, is totally fucked up. The book is about a fucked up subject for sure, but it absolutely condemns it.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Whatd Kubrick do to the adaptation?

[-] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

From what I understand, while the book is told from the perspective of the pedophile, who is proven to be lying or wildly distorting things in a brief moment when the victim gets to speak, the movie mostly plays it straight, with the child seducing a grown-ass man.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Someone else got to it first. The movie is where the heart shaped sunglasses and lollypop imagery came from and absolutely sexualizes a child.

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