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I learned was to focus on the underlying tone and message of each presentation. In truth, each Broadway show or musical movie has an unofficial "theme;" a song that sticks in each audience member's head for weeks. Each of life's experiences can have similar lasting effects, and a non-musical movie like Terabithia is no exception. The Terabithian tune goes like this: It is detrimental for any human being to focus too hard on the cold realities of life. Without a healthy dose of creativity, imagination, and fantasy, our lives are worthless. Our fantasies are crucial even if their pursuit puts us in danger. To ignore them feeds our inevitable anger, and indeed, ignoring them is alone enough to make us unconsciously angry.

I usually read books before I see the corresponding movies, but in this case I was only vaguely aware that this movie was based on a book. One of my movie companions said that she had read it many years ago, yet I had never heard of it. Further investigation at my favorite bookstore indeed revealed that it was first published almost 35 years ago, which begs three very important questions: Why did it take them so long to make the movie? Why had I never heard the title until they did? And why haven't I started reading it yet? If you'll excuse me, dear readers, it seems I have some reading to do of my own.

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