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Rifftrax Book Club: Book 2: Bukowski's "Women"

Started by bettertomorrowamy, June 10, 2008, 06:18:57 PM

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anais.jude

#60
July 10, 2008, 03:38:16 PM
Many women find older men attractive.

bettertomorrowamy

#61
July 10, 2008, 03:40:15 PM
Why though?

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anais.jude

#62
July 10, 2008, 03:43:15 PM
Daddy Issues mostly. But they are also physically attractive, like...sophisticated provider hot

bettertomorrowamy

#63
July 10, 2008, 03:44:24 PM
Quote from: anais.jude on July 10, 2008, 03:43:15 PM
like...sophisticated provider hot

so "Daddy Issues"?
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anais.jude

#64
July 10, 2008, 03:48:06 PM
sure.


they might just be attracted to his "raw sensuality" Most of these women are fans of his work, and, as we can tell, his work is quite sexual

bettertomorrowamy

#65
July 10, 2008, 03:52:31 PM
What?  There's no sex in this book.  Are we reading the same book?
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anais.jude

#66
July 10, 2008, 03:58:31 PM
Quote from: bettertomorrowamy on July 10, 2008, 03:52:31 PM
What?  There's no sex in this book.  Are we reading the same book?

:D

Tripe

#67
July 10, 2008, 04:58:32 PM
Not sure about the women but for Hank I think it's a reaction to the squalor in which he lives. Death is all around due to his various vices and the sort of characters he's likely to meet. And every so often (like in the case of Bill) he'll have somebody actually die.

Every sexual encounter in some ways reconnects him with a spark of vitality and makes life seem more livable and fundamentally real.

bettertomorrowamy

#68
July 10, 2008, 05:07:33 PM
Well if you read is earlier works, he wasn't exactly a chick magnet. 
I think he is just getting what he wanted when he wasn't semi-famous.

We really should have read "Factotum" first.
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Tripe

#69
July 10, 2008, 05:09:23 PM
Oh yes there's always that element as well.

But he mentions at least once or twice the idea that as he gets older the women he sleeps with will get younger, i think this goes to the warding off death idea.

bettertomorrowamy

#70
July 10, 2008, 05:12:17 PM
Well he definitely is aware of his alcoholism, and where it will eventually lead.
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bettertomorrowamy

#72
July 10, 2008, 10:58:50 PM
Care to expound on that statement?
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Tripe

#73
July 11, 2008, 04:58:36 AM
Incidentally this section was rather perturbing for me because it contains a bunch of info that tallies with myself. I'm the same height, have been the same weight and people do often tell me I have great legs.

Oh dear god don't let me be like Hank in a couple of decades  :speechless:

bettertomorrowamy

#74
July 11, 2008, 05:55:20 AM
You don't want easy money and easy women when you're in your late 50's?
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