So did anyone else get the impression that the senator was Oliver's dad?
He was unsettled by the locket. And the senator said that his dad's name was Oliver, and Oliver said he was named after his grandfather I believe??? Or did I misinterpret that?
It sure seemed like they were alluding to that.
So why didn´t the Senator adopt Oliver like Brownlow did in the original story?
shareThat was most definitely the deal.
But the senator wasn't prepared to offer anything in the realm of true kindness because of his family / political position. He had serious secrets. Oliver was just one. At first, because he never slept with them, it seemed like the senator was on some quest to find a lost son -- that he
had these prearranged questions to ask boys that age. But then I realized that it was the locket which shifted him into interrogation mode. Then one of the boys said, "He only asks me about my c**k and balls." So obviously the Senator was not the benevolent savior of my great Dickens expectations.
He was definitely Oliver's father though! Just a lousy father like all the rest of the father's depicted in the film.