Surprised at stalled progress
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Judy Blume
yappyfan — 17 years ago(August 14, 2008 07:09 PM)
Judy Blume has sold over 75 million books and yet, where are the movie and TV adaptations?
With good reason, Disney did a big deal with her a few years ago, but nothing has hit the marketplace.
And I have to say, I'm really surprised. The women (and some men) who were most influenced by her books are now in their late thirties to late forties, and they would love a nostalgia-fueled smart series of adaptations, maybe parked on HBO or Showtime. Adult adaptations of kid-oriented material, a kind of touchstone that would let us return to our childhoods.
Anyway, here's hoping. -
jeebusenroute — 16 years ago(December 30, 2009 07:46 AM)
Her books are great to read, but to create them and deal so openly and honestly about teenaged sexuality would be hard to "see" and create.
I think if they were to make a faithful adaptation, the tone of the films would be more in fitting with Todd Solondz and Noah Baumbach's the Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding - very dark humoured films, but probably creating a lot of controversy to see Deenie masturbating in a tub, the lead 12-year old character in "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" masturbating to an older girl at the window, or 2 pre-teen girls rubbing against each other.
Obviously that's not what the books are about, but I don't think it can be denied that discovering sexuality is a big part about Judy Blume's books and their appeal. So glossing over those parts would be a big injustice to her writing.