Admiring the towers of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, the 17-year-old asked me if The Hunchback of Notre Dame had been a story before it was a Disney movie.
Had she ever heard of Victor Hugo, I asked? No, she hadn't. Nor Charles Laughton neither. But I had never heard of the Disney movie, and so we educated each other.
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Her loss was greater than yours in the U.S.; in France, where the "Sanctuary" movement actually is one, mileages may vary.
(She hadn't heard of Victor Hugo? Does she know about Les Miz?--Only half-joking.)
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