90s Lolitas, volume 1: Drew Barrymore, Amy Fisher and Alicia Silverstone (Erotic 90’s, Part 8)
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Poison Ivy: A Review
Actress Drew Barrymore was quoted as saying she had always wanted to play Lolita. The character has been interpreted in many ways over the past 70 years, says Bocov. Some have believed that 12-year-old Lolita was a sexually voracious seducer, he adds. By not pressing Drew to explain why she identified with Lolita, journalists left their readers to infer that the actress saw herself as a nymphette, writes Bocov: A demon sent to tempt adult men into crossing chasm between what they truly desired and society deemed acceptable.
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