I was shocked to see that actress is only 16 now and had to be 15 while shooting. She looked way older.
And he kept going with "child, child". Child is a 5-10 years old. She was more appropriate to be called Girl as she was teenager. This "child" was looking as tall as Strange.
As someone else pointed out. That is to make sure nobody thinks Dr. Strange is even remotely connected with the girl in a sexual manner.
shareI had no problem with that. Also I thought she looked underage. In my experience it's often that until someone hits their mid to late 30s they really start looking like an adult.. I have met women as old as 28 who look like they could still be teenagers.
She could pass for 16-17
shareTo an adult, an 18 year-old is a child. They may be legally an adult, but they do not have the wealth of experience the years bestow. It is not unusual for an adult to refer to someone that young is such terms.
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Smart people wouldn't, because no matter how true it is, the young ones usually consider those terms as insults.
shareYes they do. And as they grow older, they use them as well. Young people like to use derogatory terms against old people as well. When I was young we heard geezer, oldster, and other terms. Recently "okay boomer" has been heard. I'm sure there are others more current that I am unaware of. Adults often feel the need (sometimes justified) to let the young know that they don't know everything; or most things. Young people feel the need to tell adults they are backwards, reactionary, or other terms current for the day. Been happening for five or six millenia: not likely to change.
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The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus (coming soon)
The Council on Jerusalem (coming 2023)
Young people like to use derogatory terms against old people as well. When I was young we heard geezer, oldster, and other terms.
Yes, a spoiled young person will take "child" as an insult from an older adult, if they have nothing better to complain about, but a child who is afraid for their life might not be so picky! If an older person who is protecting you from a super-villain who wants to kill you calls you "child", maybe they keep your trap shut instead of objecting like they usually would.
And yes, they used that word deliberately, to indicate that Strange's feelings towards America were protective and fatherly, and not at all sexual. "Kid" would have worked as well, but it doesn't sound as fatherly, and "girl" has slight sexual connotations, which they were at pains to avoid. Cumberbatch is 45, and they're keeping him to relationships with women who are around his own age, even planning to pair him up with Charlize Theron, who's officially a year older.
I though the actress was like 19-20... she was actually only 15 wow.
"Child" sounds formal, but I recall people in their late teens - early 20s being referred to or referring themselves as "kids".
I had an employee which a man like in his late 30s-early 40s asked her out in front of me... she was 19 (about 2 years ago) and after rejecting the guy she began telling me what had just happened (she was not upset, just like in disbelief) and I recall she said: "I'm just a kid". She did look like in her early 20s though... 21-23 around that age... but had just turned 19.
I recall also hearing the word "kid" used to refer to younger players in professional sports leagues by veteran players... like during post-game interviews they refer to rookies or sophomores which contributed to key plays during a game like: "Yeah, we have to thank #25, the kid helped us out with a corner 3 when we needed it". And those rookies are usually in their early 20s.
I think when a young person referring themselves as "kid", it is usually an excuse to get out of something.
Somehow that reminded me what Bill Burr said in one of his stand up routines, one goes something like this: On the titanic when they say "let the women and children go on life boats first", even the most ardent feminists would start saying:"I am just a little girl!".
Anyway, "The kid" however seems to have a different slang meaning:"The gangta version of the man. A hustler, a lover, a fighter, an artist (in a way), the best at everything he does", source: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The%20kid
I remember watching "Just shoot me", Jack Gallo, the chief editor of the magazine, a man in 60s, in one episode insisted to be called "the kid", I think it has something to do with that.
Strange is extremely arrogant, so it doesn't seem out of place. He didn't even feel comfortable with Spider-Man calling him Stephen, probably because of the age difference. In the early comic books he was portrayed even worse, acting as if everyone was beneath him. I think to him calling her child is a term of endearment and it seemed she recognized that.
shareStrange is in his mid 40's. All teens, legal adults or not, are kids to us.
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