Maurice Sendak, legendary author best known for “Where The Wild Things Are,” has died at the age of 89. A major, major loss for literature and for culture.
Below, a reposting of my (positive) 2009 review of the “Wild Things” movie; directed by Spike Jonze with Sendak’s blessing and endorsement:
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I still have yet to see this movie, despite being a huge fan of the book as a child. Maybe I'll rent it sometime in memory of Mr. Sendak. *raises drink* RIP, sir. You were a small but significant glimmer of light in my childhood.
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”The Wild Things roared their terrible roars, gnashed their terrible teeth, rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws, but Max stepped into his boat and waved Good-Bye”
R.I.P Maurice Sendak, you're book is forever a part of my childhood, and a part of my child's as well.
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If you haven't seen these yet, here are the series of interviews Stephen Colbert did with Maurice Sendak this past January. Really gives a good look into his character/personality (links are US only, sorry in advance).
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/406796/january-24-2012/grim-colberty-tales-with-maurice-sendak-pt–1
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/406902/january-25-2012/grim-colberty-tales-with-maurice-sendak-pt–2
P.S. In case you were wondering, Colbert did find a publisher for his book, complete with the Maurice Sendak blurb “The sad thing is, I like it!” with the audio book version read by Tom Hanks
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/413132/april-24-2012/stephen-s-children-s-book
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I'm waiting to see how James relates this to Obama and somehow makes it his fault.
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I'M waiting to see how Phil ties this in to movie racism.
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I didn't understand the movie.
Were the “wild things” supposed to be a commune of hippies or a bunch of homeless people?
All they did was sit around and whine about how nobody likes them.
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