(SOUNDBITE OF AUDIOBOOK, "ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.") UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (As characters) We must, we must increase our bust.īLAIR: But in the absurdity of adolescence, the girl in the story who does have a bust, Laura Danker, is ostracized. And I said, no.īLAIR: If you're wondering, the right way, says Blume, is to hold your arms out, make a fist, and then pull your arms back while pushing your chest out. JUDY BLUME: I showed them how to do the exercise because I didn't like the way Kelly did it.
And then all of a sudden, Judy Blume runs up and says, you're doing it wrong.īLAIR: The girls were pushing their palms together in a hard clap movement.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (As characters) I must, I must increase my bust.įREMON CRAIG: I went to go film that scene, and I'm having the girls do it. (SOUNDBITE OF GEORGE HARRISON SONG, "WHAT IS LIFE")īLAIR: 1971 - think bulky station wagons, macrame and, for some girls, a desperate exercise to grow breasts.ĮLLE GRAHAM: (As Nancy Wheeler) I must, I must, I must increase my bust. Why is your chest as flat as your back (laughter)? I was, like, gut-punched. I didn't need a bra till I was 14 or so, and I was so upset about that.īLAIR: "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." director Kelly Fremon Craig remembers a boy she had a crush on wrote a poem for her.įREMON CRAIG: Roses are red. KELLY FREMON CRAIG: I was a late bloomer like Margaret. Here's NPR's Elizabeth Blair.ĮLIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: Being a preteen can be excruciating.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.")ĪBBY RYDER FORTSON: (As Margaret Simon) Let me just be normal and regular like everybody else - just please, please, please, please, please, please, please.īLOCK: The filmmakers are big fans of the book, and for them, adapting "Margaret" for the screen was a dream job because, they say, there's a character in it for everyone. It's also never been made into a movie until now. Her novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." has never gone out of print. Fifty years ago, author Judy Blume captured the comedy and drama of being a preteen girl.
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