Her storylines are parodies of Romanticism in the literary sense (think Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights ). They celebrate the intensity of feeling over the health of the connection.

PenthouseGold cinematography highlights this obsession through tight close-ups. The camera lingers on her eyes as he enters a room—long before he notices her. This is the language of romantic suspense, not just erotica.

In mainstream romance, love conquers all. In Diana Doll’s obsessed relationships, love destroys all. In the third act of most of her features, the man leaves. Or the affair is discovered. Or she realizes that even possession of his body did not give her his soul.