Lonon Smith gives us his take on Charlie Fuller, the resident Lothario in MOVING MOUNTAINS:
I am the same age as Charlie. We both lived in LA. Charlie has a 36-year-old daughter which means that, if he was married for a couple of years at least before Elaine was born, he was probably a bachelor is LA through his 20s ('65 to '74). And unless he was a young Republican, he had a fairly debauched sexual adventure.
Charlie is a part of the first cohort of Boomers. He's left wing. Left wing for the '60s was acid, psychedelic music, protest, sex after the pill, more dope than God could grow, and riots in the street that mocked authority while being thrown out of the house back home for being communists. Yes, Charlie ran an insurance agency, but he probably skipped Vietnam in favor of college in one of the three or four towns that were at the forefront of a Cultural Revolution ... LA, SF, NYC, maybe Boston or Ann Arbor.
Charlie partied hearty and got laid a lot before he got married. So now he's in senior housing, a widower, and he likes his daughter but she can be in the way. He still carries with him the times that shaped him. Yes, Charlie likes women. He just likes women. But who he beds may be more selective. And, yes, he makes no demands which makes it easier for them to make none in return, until he meets Polly that is . . .
I am the same age as Charlie. We both lived in LA. Charlie has a 36-year-old daughter which means that, if he was married for a couple of years at least before Elaine was born, he was probably a bachelor is LA through his 20s ('65 to '74). And unless he was a young Republican, he had a fairly debauched sexual adventure.
Charlie is a part of the first cohort of Boomers. He's left wing. Left wing for the '60s was acid, psychedelic music, protest, sex after the pill, more dope than God could grow, and riots in the street that mocked authority while being thrown out of the house back home for being communists. Yes, Charlie ran an insurance agency, but he probably skipped Vietnam in favor of college in one of the three or four towns that were at the forefront of a Cultural Revolution ... LA, SF, NYC, maybe Boston or Ann Arbor.
Charlie partied hearty and got laid a lot before he got married. So now he's in senior housing, a widower, and he likes his daughter but she can be in the way. He still carries with him the times that shaped him. Yes, Charlie likes women. He just likes women. But who he beds may be more selective. And, yes, he makes no demands which makes it easier for them to make none in return, until he meets Polly that is . . .