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In response to "paul schrader was in a "bad place" when he wrote it -- (link)" by moles

very cool article by the way. It is so weird to me, though, that people only talk about the violence. Never about the 12 year old prostitute.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Sep 4 '11, 18:55

I do think the character is quite common in 1970s movies. The teen (or pre teen) who is impossibly worldly and precocious. The end of Taxi Driver hit me as all kinds of wrong. Iris is so damaged, it's hard to believe her parents really were a pair of decent people who only wanted her to come home.

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not so far fetched. a common way was to have some local teens bring girls to a bad ass party, so the potential vics sneak out of their house to go - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:04
it was a huge controversy -- nm - moles Sep 4, 19:01 1
- I am glad to hear that. it doesn't seem obvious today, from what I read. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 19:14

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very cool article by the way. It is so weird to me, though, that people only talk about the violence. Never about the 12 year old prostitute.

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