I so love this man.
But is it ok? Of course I think it is but I also think that the level of ok of telling parents to go to hell if they have problems with certain books also depends on what mouth it's coming out of. Would it still be ok if Judy Blume said it? Or would the collective media gasp and wonder what happened to such a nice woman? Is such language expected of an aging male? Oh, he's just the cranky guy but what he says is so funny! Is it only ok if it comes out of the right mouth?
Surely I'd be the bitch author and a publicity nightmare if I came out during a press conference and told parents who took issue with my books to eat shit. Regardless of the fact that I think I would still garner a lot of support, I'm still not going to look good to a lot of people. But does Sendak still look ok? Does he appear to be any crankier or moodier of a person because he's basically telling cranky parents to fuck off?
What do you think?
