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* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids to lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
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* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge awareness of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids to lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small mysterious marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story, and the book itself references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name. In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small mysterious marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. [[https://www.michelangelo.net/cupid/ Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story, story,]] and the book itself references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name. In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would ensure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would ensure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted last a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small mysterious marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story, and the book itself references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name.
** In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids to lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
** In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids to lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small mysterious marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story, and the book itself references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name.
**name. In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms wouldinsure ensure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids to lunch, if only to clear herself of anysuspicion.suspicion.
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* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids to lunch, if only to clear herself of any
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* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much-more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids in for lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
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* ValuesDissonance: In the rise of StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids would be a much-more much more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that ended in tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids in for to lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small mysterious marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The story, and the book even itself references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. cupid. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name.name.
** In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
** In 2012, the so-called "Manhattan Cupid" was confirmed as a genuine Michelangelo, meaning that Mrs. Frankweiler's long game finally ended.
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* ValuesDissonance: The idea of two suburban kids running away to New York City would be ''terrifying'' today, and it's doubtful that even in NYC, two children could wander around on their own without at least being questioned by an adult. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids in for lunch.
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* ValuesDissonance: The idea In the rise of two suburban StrangerDanger, Amber Alerts, serial killers, 24-hour news cycles, public knowledge of human trafficking, and other modern horrors, a pair of missing kids running away to New York City would be ''terrifying'' today, and it's doubtful a much-more serious matter these days. Up until the 1980s, you had to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report, even if the missing person was a minor; this law was changed specifically in the wake of several high-profile child abductions that even ended in NYC, two children could wander around on their own without at least being questioned by an adult.tragedy. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids in for lunch.lunch, if only to clear herself of any suspicion.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances of its acquisition are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and invokes this trope by name.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and evokes this trope by name.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now...much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now...much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and evokes invokes this trope by name.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now... much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display. In an Author's Note to the 35th anniversary edition of the book, [[WordOfGod the author herself]] remarks on the coincidence and evokes this trope by name.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now...much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras and motion-activated alarms would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now...much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display.display.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now...much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* ValuesDissonance: The idea of two suburban kids running away to New York City would be ''terrifying'' today, and it's doubtful that even in NYC, two children could wander around on their own without at least being questioned by an adult. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids in for lunch.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: While even a museum like the Met wouldn't bother to put a security system on ''every'' exhibit, the rise of affordable and effective CCTV cameras would insure that Claudia and Jamie wouldn't have lasted a single night there now...much to the disappointment of modern children who still view the book as a perfect fantasy of running away.
* ValuesDissonance: The idea of two suburban kids running away to New York City would be ''terrifying'' today, and it's doubtful that even in NYC, two children could wander around on their own without at least being questioned by an adult. Even an eccentric millionaire like Mrs. Frankweiler would more likely call the police immediately rather than invite the kids in for lunch.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel--and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel angel--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel. It's permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel--and Bologna and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display.
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* LifeImitatesArt: There is no real "Angel" statue,[[note]]The only angel statue attributed to Michelangelo is a six-foot-tall kneeling angel permanently installed in a chapel in Bologna--much larger than the two-foot-tall Angel--and we definitely know Michelangelo carved it.[[/note]] but in 2009, the Met acquired a small marble cupid likewise reputed but unconfirmed to have been created by Michelangelo. Both the statue and the circumstances are very similar to the ones attributed to Angel in the story. The book even references a long-lost Michelangelo cupid that may very well be the one currently on display.
