"Seduced by Mrs. Robinson : How 'The Graduate' Became the Touchstone of a Generation" , by Beverly Gray The title of Beverly Gray's insightful look back at 1967's "The Graduate," one of the most popular comedies of all time, is a bit misleading - Mrs. Robinson seduced young Benjamin Braddock, not the generation that identified with his anxieties about the future and dreamed of joining him in rejecting the path blazed by their parents. Indeed, one of the interesting takeaways from "Seduced by Mrs. Robinson" is how little the character played so memorably by actress Anne Bancroft and immortalized in music by Simon and Garfunkel actually drives conversation with "The Graduate" generation, at least in Gray's telling.
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