Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
It’s no surprise that “A Wrinkle in Time” didn’t work as a movie. Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel follows one girl’s adventures across space to rescue her father and brother. The story reaches its climax when Meg, a stubborn, angry, loving 13-year-old, faces down IT – a monster of conformity that has all of the planet Camazotz, plus her brother Charles Wallace, in thrall. IT is seen as an enormous, repellent brain in a room of pulsing, rhythmic lights.
On the page and in Meg’s head, it’s terrifying. On film, it’s ridiculous.
This all-purpose response blesses those who hear it
Whenever I take my kids anywhere in public, I get comments.
“All boys?! Didn’t you ever try for a girl?”
“Five?! You must be crazy!”
“Are they all yours?”