You're right about the divorce. I used to like "Oh Say Can You Say?" until I realized it was dedicated to Audrey before he married her. There are much worse anthropomorphs messing with kids than the mere Cat in the Hat. However I "canceled" Scarry way back so can't relate.
Sort of wondering why you cancelled Scarry? Honestly, I just remember loving the illustrationa from MY childhood, haven't really broken his stuff out with the kiddo yet. We've paged through a few of his simpler books (counting one and one's that's like a dictionary of airport items) and nothing has come at me as creepy as TCITH's final words saying "Don't Tell your single Mom about my strange visits (not to mention the poor fish who sees through the mask)".
Not having dug in too much, I'd guess Scarry has some "counter cultural" leanings (the cops are often pigs), maybe sprinkled in with vaguely perverse imagery? Completely guessing though.
You're right about the divorce. I used to like "Oh Say Can You Say?" until I realized it was dedicated to Audrey before he married her. There are much worse anthropomorphs messing with kids than the mere Cat in the Hat. However I "canceled" Scarry way back so can't relate.
Sort of wondering why you cancelled Scarry? Honestly, I just remember loving the illustrationa from MY childhood, haven't really broken his stuff out with the kiddo yet. We've paged through a few of his simpler books (counting one and one's that's like a dictionary of airport items) and nothing has come at me as creepy as TCITH's final words saying "Don't Tell your single Mom about my strange visits (not to mention the poor fish who sees through the mask)".
Not having dug in too much, I'd guess Scarry has some "counter cultural" leanings (the cops are often pigs), maybe sprinkled in with vaguely perverse imagery? Completely guessing though.