This is the first time I've seen someone exhibiting sympathy for a rapist.
share2 GoodRed - watch Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) where we were somehow to feel sympathy for a male rapist and a murderer - Alex DeLarge.
The greatest trick the Devil has ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist!
Eh, rape shmape
shareAgreed. The killing off of Boltie left a sour note for me. Her character was fascinating. Naive, hyperactive, being simultaneously sympathetic and violent. Remember too that Boltie provided shelter to Frank (and unknowingly saved his life doing so), and then later actually did save his life, and Frank was unable to offer even a simple thanks to her for this.
The contradictions in this film are many (and I think intentional -- though not all of them work). Critic Karina Longworth (see link below) notes,
he [Gunn, the writer/director] seems particularly out of his depth in the film’s mawkish ending. But Page is a revelation: There isn’t another gorgeous twentysomething actress working today who could more convincingly reveal sexual bravado to be simultaneously silly and creepy.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone that hasn't seen the movie by going into greater detail, so let me just say that I definitely agree with you. Poor Boltie, yes....
shareI shed a tear at her demise.
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