Maurice Sendak tells parents worried by Wild Things to 'go to hell'

cdaigle430 said:
Well the parents started it by bad mouthing and trying to turn something good into something bad. So in other words they did the disrespecting first and if you don't like it don't start it.
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Bad mouthing? They gave their opinion. The author could have let it go with his explanation, which would be fine. But instead he had to rudely insult and dismiss the parents. He just gave the parents an additional reason to not let their kids go to the movie.

The parents didn't tell the author to "go to hell."
 
souggy said:
...It's a free country. Either you go and see it, or you don't. No need to force your opinions on everyone else.
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That's right. The parents merely stated their opinions; they didn't force anyone to agree with them.
 
Reba said:
Where did the article say that the parents were overbearing or over protective? All they did was state an opinion. Since when do people have to keep their opinions to themselves just because they are parents and not famous authors?

I don't think their kids will grow up deprived just because they didn't watch a movie.
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The article did not but the comments on this thread did. Everyone has an opnion yes, but, the author is defending his book from parents who publicly slammed it. Therefore he has a right to publicly defend it no? The movie itself was rated PG(Parental Guidance) so If you don't want you kid to watch-don't. Parents that are overbearing or overprotective can result in bonfires where books are burned from the community library. They even closed our local drive in theater because it promoted "sexual tendencies" This happened in my community when I was a child and it's ugly, senseless and stupid. No, my parents were smart and were against it.

No they will not be deprived later in life from not being able to watch the movie, but nonetheless it was a good story and they are missing out.
 
Reba said:
Bad mouthing? They gave their opinion. The author could have let it go with his explanation, which would be fine. But instead he had to rudely insult and dismiss the parents. He just gave the parents an additional reason to not let their kids go to the movie.

The parents didn't tell the author to "go to hell."
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They stated more than their opinion, they actually wanted to control who the book was allowed to be purchased by and/or change it's rating. Theres more to it than just an opinion. Thats why he told them to go to hell. Since 1963 this book has been out and no-one complained. The release of the movie has brought the wierdo's out of the dark again just like Harry Potter and The Compass. That was his goal, either watch the movie or read the book as it has been since 1963, or don't watch it or go to hell.
 
cdaigle430 said:
They stated more than their opinion, they actually wanted to control who the book was allowed to be purchased by and/or change it's rating. Theres more to it than just an opinion. Thats why he told them to go to hell.
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You must have additional information that wasn't includeded in the original post. I didn't see that

So, he thought telling parents to "go to hell" would improve the situation?
 
Reba said:
You must have additional information that wasn't includeded in the original post. I didn't see that

So, he thought telling parents to "go to hell" would improve the situation?
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Maybe he should had told them to go to heaven, but then the atheists would had thrown their arms up in furor.

Can't please everybody. He certainly didn't say it to please the parents. I doubt he cares though.
 
Banjo said:
Maybe he should had told them to go to heaven, but then the atheists would had thrown their arms up in furor.
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My point is, why did he need to say something insulting at all? He made his point when he described his childhood experiences and how those influenced his writing. Good. Then he had to spoil it with an immature, unprofessional comment.

Can't please everybody. He certainly didn't say it to please the parents. I doubt he cares though.
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I don't expect him to please everybody. I don't care who reads his books or attends his movies. I stated my personal opinion, which I believe is allowed, without any endorsement for a call to censorship.

If he doesn't care, then why the outburst?
 
Reba said:
My point is, why did he need to say something insulting at all? He made his point when he described his childhood experiences and how those influenced his writing. Good. Then he had to spoil it with an immature, unprofessional comment.

I don't expect him to please everybody. I don't care who reads his books or attends his movies. I stated my personal opinion, which I believe is allowed, without any endorsement for a call to censorship.

If he doesn't care, then why the outburst?
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I don't know and I don't care. The parents said something; as a result, he responded. The parents didn't like what he had to say. Tough.

Everybody's entitled to their opinions, no matter how childish, unprofessional and all sorts of things one's opinion may be.

Let's move on. Life is short.
 
Bramus said:
:gpost:


I remember getting the Terminator VHS boxset from a family friend for my 4th bday. It was always the first of the two that scared me and my mom, not exactly thrilled at the gift, only told me not to watch it if i couldn't take it and I was never able to watch it till I was six. Unfortunately, not everyone allows their children to make even minor decisions such as this.



Definitely not deprived but I think baby steps towards autonomy are pretty important in development.
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Exactly. You have to allow children to make small decisions in order for them to be able to make big decisions as they get older. And a chilld who has not completed the process of developing autonomy will be an adult that has some serious issues.
 
cdaigle430 said:
The article did not but the comments on this thread did. Everyone has an opnion yes, but, the author is defending his book from parents who publicly slammed it. Therefore he has a right to publicly defend it no? The movie itself was rated PG(Parental Guidance) so If you don't want you kid to watch-don't. Parents that are overbearing or overprotective can result in bonfires where books are burned from the community library. They even closed our local drive in theater because it promoted "sexual tendencies" This happened in my community when I was a child and it's ugly, senseless and stupid. No, my parents were smart and were against it.

No they will not be deprived later in life from not being able to watch the movie, but nonetheless it was a good story and they are missing out.
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Exactly. The PG rating says it all. Parental Guidance. Guide your own child, and allow other parents to guide theirs as they see fit. No need to makle a public spectacle over the decision you make on the Parental Guidance warning. It is not as if the parents that don't want their child to see it haven't been forwarned. That is what the rating system is all about.

The actions of these parents border on attempts at censorship. I don't blame the author at all for defending his book. He could have been a bit more restrained in doing so, but the parents slamming the book and the movie certainly weren't showing any restraint.
 
Banjo said:
Maybe he should had told them to go to heaven, but then the atheists would had thrown their arms up in furor.

Can't please everybody. He certainly didn't say it to please the parents. I doubt he cares though.
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The parents certainly weren't attempting to please him, either.:giggle: And I doubt seriously that he cares, either. The parents we are talking about certainly aren't going to hurt his profit margins. They were not going to purchase the book or allow their kids to see the movie anyway. They just wanted to run their mouths to the media.
 
Reba said:
I wouldn't want my children to read or watch something by a man who displays such disrespect for the parents.
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Indeed. Plus, there is more.

Maurice Sendak may have been even wilder than his "wild things."

In one of the children's book author's last interviews before he died of a stroke in May, Sendak said he thought about trying to assassinate former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney.

"Bush was president, I thought, 'Be brave. Tie a bomb to your shirt. Insist on going to the White House. And I want to have a big hug with the vice president, definitely. And his wife, and the president, and his wife, and anybody else that can fit into the love hug,'" Sendak told The Comics Journal's founder Gary Groth in an interview that will be published in the magazine's next edition.

"And then we'll blow ourselves up, and I'd be a hero," Sendak continued.

"It would have been a very brave and wonderful thing," said Sendak, who wrote the whimsical "Where the Wild Things Are."
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Maurice Sendak Said Killing Bush Would Have Been 'Wonderful' - Yahoo! News

He turns out to be a neurotic and hateful man who wish people death thinking he'd be a hero to do such a moronic thing such as assassinating Pres. Bush and his wife (and anybody else caught in the explosion). It's time to burn his books. His books aren't worth having. There's a difference to have a strong opinion and argument vs blowing people up just because you disagree. May he rot in hell.
 
kokonut said:
Indeed. Plus, there is more.

He turns out to be a neurotic and hateful man who wish people death thinking he'd be a hero to do such a moronic thing such as assassinating Pres. Bush and his wife (and anybody else caught in the explosion). It's time to burn his books. His books aren't worth having. There's a difference to have a strong opinion and argument vs blowing people up just because you disagree. May he rot in hell.
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I don't agree with book burnings. The best way to protest is to inform people about the books and authors, and then don't buy the books.
 
Reba said:
I don't agree with book burnings. The best way to protest is to inform people about the books and authors, and then don't buy the books.
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I'm talking about if you have that book...burn it. Not worth having that in your house. And I agree, inform people about that book and not buy it.
 
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