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Okay, so I just saw #AWrinkleInTime with the boys. If you haven't seen it yet and aren't sure your adult mind can keep up, I have a suggestion: Go see it with an 8 year old who's seen it before. They. Will. Walk. You. Through. It.
My kid was my best asset in the theater. He hasn't read any of y'all's think pieces. None of the adult perspective reviews. I am fascinated by the details he remembered and the way the movie spoke to him. He was my interpreter and my guide.
He hears whispers I would have missed. He saw colors I would have ignored. He noticed character epiphanies. He felt Meg's pain and it made him cry for the 2nd time. I love this little boy.
A couple of things. First, Ava DuVernay and Jennifer Lee, the screenwriter, were doing their best to hold what they saw to be the central message of the story while stripping it of its specifically Christian content: they wanted to make it universal.
It's not a terrible or un-L'Engleish desire if taken in a certain way: the scandal of her book when it came out was that she was willing to see truth, wisdom, in many of the world's traditions; in a key moment in the book, Jesus is listed as one of those who fought for the Light,
Honestly, the boy who read @WrinkleInTime in 6th grade is so excited to finally see the movie this weekend, because he saw himself in Meg, and it never crossed his mind that she wasn’t like him—he just knew he felt how she did and needed to be reminded that he was not powerless.
When I met @MadeleineLEngle 10 years later, as a college student serving as her host for a day, she reminded me again: anyone who feels lost or directionless has power within them. Darkness is fought on many fronts, big & small, but we have to choose to fight. #WrinkleInTime
I’m grateful I had the example of Meg, Vicky, Poly, Camilla, Calvin, Charles, & so many other strong characters from her connected world. @MadeleineLEngle’s own life, too, stands as a testimony to being true to who you were created to be and use your unique voice as only YOU can.
