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10. Disney's 'A Wrinkle in Time' writer defends removing Christian themes in movie
Screenwriter Jennifer Lee ("Frozen") of "A Wrinkle in Time" cut out Bible references, including Jesus, from the Disney film because she claimed she wanted to be more "inclusive."
Lee was responsible for transforming the popular children's book into a big budget film, in doing so she opted to eliminate the biblical references that devout Episcopalian Madeleine L'Engle included in the book.
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"What I looked at, one of the reasons Madeleine L'Engle's [book] ... had that strong Christian element to it wasn't just because she was Christian, but because she was frustrated with things that needed to be said to her in the world and she wasn't finding a way to say it and she wanted to stay true to her faith," Lee said in an interview with Uproxx about her reason for removing the Christian content.
"And I respect that and I understand those feelings of things you want to say in the world that need to be said that are out there. In a good way, I think there are a lot of elements of what she wrote that we have progressed as a society and we can move onto the other elements," she added.
A Wrinkle in Time is a children's science fantasy book about a little girl named Meg who travels through space to find her missing father, a scientist. In what ultimately becomes a battle between good and evil, three celestial beings named Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which help Meg on her journey and guide her with scriptures like 1 Corinthians 1:27–29 and John 1:5.
