tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post6209365227059583668..comments2023-01-07T19:00:52.526-05:00Comments on the excelsior file: The Willoughbysdavid elzeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-91730700330044250282008-06-18T17:24:00.000-04:002008-06-18T17:24:00.000-04:00Agreed, but I find that for parody to be fully app...Agreed, but I find that for parody to be fully appreciated the audience should be let in on the joke. It ends up that a lot of adults seem to like it at one level -- the parody, from which it was written -- while the younger set takes it as silly.<BR/><BR/>Which is fine and all, but Lowry makes direct reference to <I>James and the Giant Peach</I> which may skewer the genre a bit but at it's coredavid elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-34263431969505389192008-06-18T16:33:00.000-04:002008-06-18T16:33:00.000-04:00"Lowry has given us a paper doll theatre with beau..."Lowry has given us a paper doll theatre with beautiful decor, costumed characters, even a script, but no motivation or soul. Everything is driven toward the happy ending from the very start, right down to the naming of the abandoned baby, the entirety a mechanical exercise in changing scenery but not in the joy of the story."<BR/><BR/>Ah, but I just figured that was because the book was Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217383813263874657noreply@blogger.com