Narnia Schmarnia
C.S. Lewis was a big figure in our house when we were growing up, and the damage was minimal, I guess. I wallowed in Narnia for years and yet I don’t hate Arabs or celebrate people dying in train wrecks or have an opinion on Turkish Delight. Last week my Dad sent around an article on Aslan getting the Winnie-the-Pooh treatment, to which Karen reacts (reprinted with permission):”In my humble opinion, why change what somebody already wrote if it works? I mean, if the religious undertones really bother someone they are better off not to read it, just like I don’t read Stephen King because it creeps me out. Someone else can read it if they want. And if the creepy stuff were taken out, it wouldn’t be the same. Finally, Lewis wrote the Chronicles so that it can appeal to all; the religious undertones are pretty subtle to a 4th grade reader.”
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