In the past few months, Judy Blume has seen a spike in publicity as the author has been promoting the trailer for the first adaptation of her classic 'Are You There God? It’s Me.' Now she's heading to Sundance.
fan to enjoy that doc, you don’t need to have read every single book in the Fudge series to be charmed by, get on it!—but the doc will convince you to read every other novel in her collection anyways. I’ve already placed a hold onBlume herself is front and center in the doc, and although we get to meet her kids and husband, she tells her own story. Unlike the archetypal novelist—guarded, isolated, nerdy, writes alone, etc.—Blume was always a social butterfly.
Watching Judy walk through her writing process on some of the most beloved works of fiction is like marveling at apastry chef, as they feather whipped chocolate frosting onto a fluffy cake. Comfort doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling.
The doc doesn’t hold her to high degree, either, elegantly portraying Blume as a monumental figure without heralding her as the most wise, completely timeless author. She’s made mistakes, too. Several authors agree that some of her material hasn’t withstood the test of time, especially pointing out how she upholds the gender binary in her novels.Still, the doc asserts that there’s no need to remove them from widespread circulation because of the archaic ideas.
One of the best segments veers from Blume’s novels and into her more personal writing, exploring the letters she exchanged with her fans over the years. The author sifts through a box of her letters, all still perfectly intact and sorted into file folders, her face lighting up at a few names she remembers.
Near the beginning of the doc, Blume says she always hated when adults kept secrets from her as a child. So, she set out to enlighten every young reader about the realities of the world. She’s like everyone’s third grade teacher—cracking open a Judy Blume book is like tearing into a fresh set of Crayola markers on the first day of school.
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