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Re: Brick Testament: Story of Christmas in Publishers Weekly and Money magazine
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lugnet.books
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Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:45:52 GMT
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In lugnet.books, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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Odd how Money puts you in their children’s category, and Publishers Weekly
specifically warns against giving this book to children.
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It is a little odd, but I should point out that for Money’s article, they were
just taking the recommendation of one guy who runs a independent bookstore in
College Park, MD. And the Publishers Weekly review only says that *some* of the
book is not “funny or suitable for small children”--which is a bit different
from saying flat out “don’t buy this for kids!”
But you’re right, it’s undeniable that some people see the Brick Testament books
as entirely appropriate for children, and others not so much.
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Makes me think of the odd place that AFOL’s work holds - on one side it LEGO
bricks, therefore a toy, and therefore children should be primarily
interested in it. On the other, it is made by adults, often for adults with
adult material(1) - it is generally not made for kids and has jokes and
references they won’t get. No real comment to make, just that it is odd.
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There’s a similarity with AFOL works and modern comic books (ahem, graphic
novels!), in that most people still think of them as being meant to entertain
children, but clearly there is a much broader audience getting enjoyment from
both. Just as you probably wouldn’t give Maus or Neil Gaman’s Sandman series to
a young kid, there can be very laudable AFOL works that most people would deem
inappropriate for kids. But there’s also a very large gray area between
kids-only and adults-only, and people are going to come to different conclusions
about where you draw those sorts of lines.
With the Brick Testament books, I would hope they would hold appeal to both
children and adults. A good role model for the sort of appeal I’m going for
would be The Muppet Movie (1979), which was obviously designed to attract
children, but was also littered with jokes and references that only adults would
“get” and dealt with some pretty adult themes (violence, dimemberment, romantic
love, etc). As such, it became a movie liked by lots of kids, but it was
probably adults who appreciated it most.
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Anyways, glad to hear that yer book is getting out there and that it is doing
well! I’m gonna be grabbing a few for gifts and whatnot(2).
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Thanks! Hope the recipients dig the book!
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(1)= Adult material does not necessarily mean cursing or nudity, but just
things of a more mature/serious nature that kids don’t really enjoy or ‘get.’
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Right.
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(2)= by “Whatnot” I mean stripping down until I’m buttass naked, getting a
big jar of honey, some chickpees, turning on my DVD of “Bram Stoker’s
Dracula” and reading yer book.
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Right.
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