Though this model of relationship-as-power-struggle is hardly new, Dolan brings a fresh 21st-century sensibility to it. Ava makes it her mission to get him to admit some feelings for her, purely because it would give her the upper hand. His privilege is the invisible third party in the relationship. Julian, her posh banker boyfriend, has such an apartment – which is just as well, since he also has an arrogance to match his salary. It’s a brilliantly concise summation of her take on relationships, which she sees as a power game, an “ultimately shallow emotional transaction” in which the greatest potential benefit might be that you get to move into an apartment better than anything you can afford on your own. A va, a 22-year-old Dubliner living in Hong Kong, describes herself as “good at men”.
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