A nice bit of dialogue from the pages of Ricochet.com
Person A. So is the fact that as a 30+ year old man he was trying to pick up 16 year olds not bad enough? Because to me that alone seems to call much of his character into question. Not to mention his weaselly non-denials of this fact but of all the facts around this fact. I guess this will all hinge on what the meaning of is is. Right?
Person B. He was a young man (30) just home from Vietnam who wanted a girlfriend. In Alabama in the 70’s women his age were either already married or divorced. A man in search of a wife pretty much had to turn to younger women. Women have been conditioned by novels and movies to go for older guys for a long time. Lauren Bacall was 20 when she told the 44-yr. old Humphrey Bogart, “ If you want me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.”