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The characters (or elements) in this sexploitation novel:
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Raymond
Raymond—is the older (44-year-old) boyfriend of Dolores. He is a faltering lawyer, a mentor, a sugar daddy of sorts to Dolores, but also in many ways dependent on her. He’s also somewhat pathetic and geek-like (imagine the main character of the movie, The 40-Year-Old Virgin). He becomes infatuated with another young woman, a “Paris Hilton clone,” which creates a rift between himself and Dolores. Raymond is also a sadly frustrated artist and a borderline alcoholic. In spite of the age difference between himself and Dolores, it’s Dolores who mostly calls the shots in their relationship and always—almost comically—has the last word. This is deliberate, a source of comedy (much as it is in the novel, Lolita [where the little girl is also named Dolores. Dolores being Spanish for “sorrows.”]). The main subplot of this novel is actually a romantic comedy between this unlikely pair: Raymond fails her early on in the story, and he spends the rest of the novel trying to win her back—as Dolores casually tortures him. |
So, who the fuck is “Baby”?
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PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale Of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death : a novel by Richard Perez : is a kind of “Thelma and Louise,” sexploitation/tabloid inspired story set in the East Village, NYC, a story of two down-and-out gals, both would-be artists, who set out to make a femdom movie with disastrous results.