Posted on 10/13/2009 2:39:28 AM PDT by Daffynition
Edited on 10/13/2009 2:50:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
This Friday, October 16, the movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are opens in theaters.
The poignant 10-sentence book about an angry boy who is sent to bed without supper and sails to a magical land overrun by wild creatures has been made into a full-length feature film with a script by director Spike Jonze (recently interviewed by the Chronicle) and local boy Dave Eggers.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I had a friend in high school who had a fear for leaves (gum leaves if you will, what’s the world for fear of plants or leaves, is it plantophobia?) and I scared the hell out of him with a leaf. To this day, I bet he’s still scared of leaves.
If parents have nothing better to do than complain about Maurice Sendak ... well, then, they can go to hell.
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