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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 08:05 PM
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Maurice Sendak to parents: "Go to Hell."
http://io9.com/5380052/maurice-sendak-to-concerned-parents-go-to-hell

You tell 'em, Maurice.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 08:18 PM
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1. I'm not going to see the movie, but I love what he said.
Right fucking on.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 08:23 PM
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2. I'm still trying to figure out how they made a movie
out of a book that is only a few pages long and only has a few sentences worth of material
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 09:35 PM
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5. Well then prepared to be blown away by "Battleship: The Movie!"
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008608.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 10:12 PM
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6. They made 3 movies out of a theme ride at Disneyworld. Quite successful at that.
You never know.
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 10:28 PM
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7. And a Vandals song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdlT5yMJWXk
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 01:07 AM
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10. Dunno, but aren't you glad Jim Carrey's not in it? nt
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 08:42 AM
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16. Yeah, but that can be said about most films
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 08:23 PM
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3. Good for him! About time someone told these hypervigilant over-coddling asshole parents
to get the fuck over themselves.

If they don't like the movie, then don't fucking go to it. Don't piss and whine because it isn't "safe" for you.

Fucking jackass imbecile selfish pieces of shit.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 09:14 PM
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4. Thank you, Maurice! nt
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-12-09 11:03 PM
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8. i'm really surprised he said such a thing rather than showing a little
sensitivity, compassion, and understanding to kids and their parents. he's a writer for god's sake--he most certainly could have come up with a better response than go to hell.
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insanity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 01:31 AM
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11. He's a writer and his words were spot on
Good writers don't waste words, he told the piss-and-moan crowd to go to hell. It's not a question he should have to answer, its the parent's responsibility to know if their child can handle the content.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 02:40 PM
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17. maybe he could have been a bit more diplomatic and said something
Edited on Wed Oct-14-09 02:41 PM by orleans
along the line that you just said: "its the parent's responsibility to know if their child can handle the content."
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 08:41 AM
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15. Are you kidding? His other book is "Pierre"
In which the young protagonist is eaten by a lion!

Sendak is 80 years old, and--as it turns out--accidentally killed his friend when they were children. I'm sure he doesn't need to be told how to understand kids' or parents' reactions to horror.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 01:05 AM
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9. Needs an audio clip to know how he said it. nt
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 06:56 AM
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12. His books always seemed kind of dark to me
Edited on Tue Oct-13-09 07:02 AM by cherish44
and I personally think children under 5 should not go to movies. Rent the damn video and watch it at home. (I have kids, I tried to take mine to a movie once when they were little. FAIL, they were more interested in running down the aisles than watching the movie, I see lots of other parents have the same predicament)

It's rated PG - that should be clue one it's not about frolicking teddy bears running through fields of sugar plums
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 07:16 AM
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13. The old Disney cartoons are TERRIFYING!
Monstro was a million nightmares.. The Witch in Snow White would freeze kid's blood.

If you don't get scared, you don't get the warm fuzzies at the end of the movie.
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 07:36 AM
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14. The witch in "Snow White" scared the crap out of me!
The witch in "Sleeping Beauty" was scary, too - especially when she turned into the dragon! :scared:
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 05:25 PM
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20. my hair stands up straight just thinking of the snow white Witch!!!
And Ursula from The Little Mermaid was super super creepy.



now that's something that's gotta be scary to kids
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:28 PM
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18. Abso-freakin-lutely.
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 05:23 PM
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19. good
I was a little scared of the book when I was little, but it grew to become one of my favorites.

ps. I'm going to be Max for Halloween this year... I anticipate a bunch of parents will dress their little boys up in the same costume.
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