Laura answers “Does anyone find it weird that Anna had...”

Rachel asked this question about Manhattan Beach:

Does anyone find it weird that Anna had strong feelings for and slept with Dexter even knowing that he was at least somehow connected to her father's "murder?" I found it both odd and disturbing.

Laura No! People, especially young people, do not act rationally a great deal of the time. If they did, no one would smoke cigarettes, or sunbathe, or eat s…moreNo! People, especially young people, do not act rationally a great deal of the time. If they did, no one would smoke cigarettes, or sunbathe, or eat sugar, or any number of other harmful behaviors we indulge in all the time. This was a girl who had mostly followed the rules, including caring for a burdensome sibling (not that she didn't love her, but Lydia was still a significant burden), and Egan did a good job of letting her behave a little recklessly. She also had a sexual history, and I think Egan's point was, women can be as sexually motivated as men.(less)

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Michael Pitzen I was thinking exactly the same thing.
Oct 15, 2021 03:06PM · flag

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