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“Wildcat”: Flannery for Rookies, by Sheryl Collmer – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

“Wildcat”: Flannery for Rookies, by Sheryl Collmer

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By Sheryl Collmer, Crisis Magazine, May 3, 2024

Sheryl Collmer is an independent consultant for several non-profit organizations. She holds a Master’s in Theological Studies from the University of Dallas, as well as an MBA. From her home in the diocese of Tyler, Texas, she studies homesteading, history, and the currents in the Church.

 

Flannery O’Connor is considered one of the greatest Catholic writers of all time, but most people, when asked about her, make a face. The new movie Wildcat is provocative enough to drive a new audience to her strangely redemptive stories.

Sheryl CollmerI appreciate that cigar culture has finer points, but the smell of cigars still makes me queasy. Likewise, Flannery O’Connor. She is an acquired taste, and this review of Wildcat, the new biodrama of O’Connor, is written from the perspective of one who has not thoroughly acquired it. I daresay I’m not alone on the periphery of her fandom. Most people, when asked if they have read Flannery O’Connor, make a face.

But there’s a Flannery O’Connor society that holds posthumous birthday parties for her. “Flanatics” can tour her home in Georgia, go on Flannery pilgrimages, and mail a postcard with a Flannery commemorative stamp. …

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