Judy Blume's Are You There God made an impression on me, reading it as a ten year old, and as a son of a Margaret Simon in mirror image. I saw the movie, in the wake of Blume's flipflopping over Gender. I understand that not many others saw this one; I admit, adult males going alone to watch it might not feel comfortable. It looks like the studio hasn't finished failing yet.
I read Margaret Simon as Judy Blume's avatar. Blume prays to the Judaeo-Christian God, through Simon. Saint Jerome is again proven right that when one is both Jewish and Christian that one is neither. Beware being neither. In Blume's own flailing and now Lionsgate's, we now see the results for Margaret.
A priest is sketched in the world of Midnight who prays to gods as will not answer him. Finally a god answers him; one with many names, none good. That god is Lionsgate's god and, perhaps, always has been. He's Blume's god now, too. Pray for her deliverance.
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