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Did Audrey kidnap Charles so that they can have sex?


Did Audrey kidnap Charles so that they can have sex?

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Yes.

Among other things.


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She kidnapped him because she was a WILD THING. Sheesh.

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I think she kidnapped Charles to create a good impression with her mother and her school chums. She used his respectable image to plump up her own. After all, she was a bit of a tart. I love this film. I could watch it again and again. However, for me, it is more a vehicle for an up-and-coming star: Ray Liotta.

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I agree with you. She specifically wanted to bring him to her reunion, and her mother,to appear straighter and more mainstream.

Ray Liotta blew me away too! This is the first time I NOTICED him and his terrific acting.

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Yes Ray Liota really was over the top, He made a really convincing mentally deranged psychotic.

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She specifically wanted to bring him to her reunion, and her mother,to appear straighter and more mainstream.
Agreed, although I think it's more than wanting to "appear" more mainstream. I think she actually wants to try mainstream out, something we understand more when we meet Liotta. (She's lived through the danger of something wild and wants no part of it.) The physical transformation - the dresses, the hairstyle - suggests that, as well as her question to Charlie at the end, "What are you going to do now that you've seen the other side?" The ending demonstrates that Audrey is ready for a balance between the two, and Charlie is the right guy for it.

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