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Monday, Oct 12th 2009
Greg responds to my questions:
If memory serves, I found the notion of sailing off on an adventure to a land of monsters that I tame after I should have gone to bed to be an exciting, empowering and even flattering one. The fact that Max returns home to a plate of dinner implies a reconciliation and confirms a lifelong hope that I can have cake and eat it too. However, the story of Where the Wild Things Are is a bit half baked and I am not invested enough in the mother-son relationship to truly appreciate the arc. The true allure of this book is due to the drawings. They are iconic and awesome. They are iconosome. The monsters themselves are a nifty collision of fierce, cuddly, creepy, and surreal. The sparse story only helps the intensity of staring into these monsters as I get to infuse my own ambitions into what I might try in order to tame them.
Incidentally, what I love about the trailer of the movie is the low tech approach Spike Lee appears to be taking. The book's drawings are crude in their aforementioned awesomeness. The film appears to be honoring them by not tapping the CGI trough and instead relying on real costumes in all their clumsy awkwardness. The scene I saw of Max and the main monster traipsing across the sand got me excited and I hope the movie lives up to expectations.
Watch the clip here.
Nancy French
Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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