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December 14, 2005
Is Fame Important?
What a tricky question. But I should answer it, since I had posed it in the first place.
When I began writing Maddalena, I wanted to share a story different from so many, many others we read these days, which repeat, often just in different shades of the tale.
King Kong will soon be playing in the theaters. If we question why again a film, or a story we all know so well, the answer is in the word progress. Awed by the ingenuity of the animation artists of the thirties, and of the later versions, we realize that the computer wizards of today will do so much better. I had never imagined the true blood and gore of fairy tales when I read them as a child, and now I tend to shrink away from so many violent, computer-animated scenes on the screen. But technology and new perspectives are important.
Is that a good reason to continue retelling the story of King Kong into infinity? Why not.
So now you ask: what does all that have to do with fame?
Whenever we do something special, something we’re proud of, we want to share it with everyone. I love sharing my beautiful garden with my internet readers, far beyond the pedestrians who daily pass my house. Does that make me famous? Probably not. But recently, the NY Times shared the story of my dream house with its readers, my home that had nourished the story of Maddalena. In no time at all, my buddies offered congratulations.
You’re a celebrity now, one voiced. Can I have your autograph, another added, jokingly.
Dear reader, I just want everyone to love Maddalena. She is the character to be cherished.
Posted by Eva Siroka at December 14, 2005 10:07 PM