why I was uncomfortable with the Aunt Marge scene

[susanmcgee48176]

It was funny in a slapstick way. I LOVED it when MoM Fudge (and I 
did  fancy his grey pinstriped robes, although I missed the lime 
green bowler --- invoking Chamberlain, I assume ---)mentioned she had 
been found somewhere in Surrey (?) stuck in a chimney. Wonderful.

Dudley was almost unbelievably involved with food and the television 
(did everyone notice that there was a television literally two feet 
away? -- although I DO know people who have the tv on all the time 
and have one in every room, including the bathroom). I can't believe 
that any boy would be mostly oblivious to his father screaming, his 
aunt swelling and floating away....the dog barking, etc.

I was uncomfortable because we didn't see the history of Aunt Marge's 
persecution of Harry, nor did we see her being vile for a week. In 
the book, Harry tries not to provoke her, and she persecutes him and 
says horrible things about him daily. Therefore, we have a better 
appreciation about why Harry finally lost control of himself.

I loved how the lights went on and off (and later how the playground 
equipment was moving)indicating Harry was losing control.

(BTW, why did Sirius growl at Harry?-- just before Harry got on the 
Knight Bus).

BUT in the movie we did not see the continuous horribleness of Aunt 
Marge, and so I had a twinge of feeling sorry for her...it wasn't BAD 
enough in the movie (in my humble opinion) for Harry to totally lose 
it, and leave the house.

Susan