Topher Payne: The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries

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Topher Payne: The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

1 hour 14 minutes

2 months ago

Topher Payne: The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries

One of the most divisive books in children’s literature is Shel Silverstein’s "The Giving Tree," the story of a dysfunctional relationship between a boy and a sentient apple tree who gives him everything she has, from her apples and leaves to her branches and trunk, until all that's left is a stump.

Meant as a parable of unconditional love, writer Topher Payne thought our doomed pair needed a better ending to their sad story. He wrote "The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries," where the tree learns to say no and lives a long, happy life because of it.

Today, playwright and Hallmark screenwriter Topher Payne joins us to revisit "The Giving Tree" and other classic children's books with questionable moral compasses, and to explore what happens when we give these stories the therapy they clearly need.

What's the trouble with "Green Eggs and Ham" and "Where the Wild Things Are?"

READ "Topher Fixed It"
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Plus– Topher takes us behind the scenes of his films with the Hallmark Channel, where the snow is always falling, the cookies are always warm, and love is just one conveniently timed misunderstanding away.