# Why does Lolita mean child porn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164 "2003-09-02T16:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/161 "2003-09-09T01:15:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > **only saw the Polanski film** Interesting freudian slip. 🙂 –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/162 "2003-09-09T02:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Did Nabokov mention that his original draft of the screenplay would have come in at _seven_ hours? He does not. 😛 I’m just saying I think the author’s comments back up my original impulse: that the film is more Kubrick’s than Nabokov’s. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/163 "2003-09-09T02:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*He does not. 😛 > > I’m just saying I think the author’s comments back up my original impulse: that the film is more Kubrick’s than Nabokov’s. \*\* Well, from what I recall, Kubrick mainly chopped Nabokov’s script down to a more managable size. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@DeepPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/164 "2003-09-10T01:38:18Z")
[hijack] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Walloon \* > \*\*Hey, **DeepPurple** , what gives? The [ChildCare Action Project](http://www.capalert.com/) (not the ChildCare Action Center) is in no way affiliated with the Catholic Church. It is run by fundamentalist Protestants. > > The [U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops](http://www.nccbuscc.org/movies/index.htm) sponsors the American Catholic Church’s film review board, and their analyses have been quite astute and thoughtful over the years. Check out their [Top Ten List for 1968](http://www.usccb.org/movies/topten1968.htm). \*\* What gives? me not wanting to hijack, (now I’m doing it again!), & wanting to keep my post short. I did realize the Catholic Church was not affliated with the ChildCare Action Project. I was just associating the two as I didn’t realize there would be film reviews at that link & it is interesing to me to read different perspectives on films. I’d heard of the ‘the list’ meaning the ACC film reviews as a child, but I was not raised Catholic & never got to see it until I had the internet. I am happy I can now read it online.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/165 "2003-09-10T06:45:23Z")
This just in: _Esquire_ magazine’s 70th anniversary issue names _Lolita_ as the best novel of the last 70 years. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/166 "2003-09-10T07:49:08Z")
_Esquire_ magazine is run by misogynistic pornographers who make buffalo tenders out of aborted fetuses! Obviously! ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/167 "2003-09-11T00:02:35Z")
I found a reference to a parody short story called_Colitas_ today. It has Humbert driving across country fantasizing about denture wearing octagenarians. I had two thoughts in reference to this: 1. What would **Anniee** say? 2. I guess \*Lolita \* has now made the big time and is a part of our social consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164/168 "2003-09-11T00:32:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > \*\* > 2. I guess \*Lolita \* has now made the big time and is a part of our social consciousness. \*\* That happened a long time ago. Like when Lolita began to discribe child porn. Which is what I think really has **Ainnee’s** panties in a bunch. Lolita=child porn=horrible nasty book read by pedaphiles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lolita-mean-child-porn/199164.md?page=8)