[HPFGU-Movie] why I was uncomfortable with the Aunt Marge scene

[Tim Regan (Intl Vendor)]

Hi All,
 
Barbara:
>>> I think being "blown up" and unable to come down from the ceiling is
pretty horrible enough. Second, I absolutely know this is fantasy, but.
. .can you imagine somehow, magically floating up up and away, miles
above the city with no ability to control your body? I think that's
actually more scary than funny. <<<

I found the Aunt Marge scene funny, but Barbara's point has got me
thinking. Remember this passage from GoF:
 
>>> A crowd of wizards, tightly packed and moving together with wands
pointing straight upward, was marching slowly across the field. Harry
squinted at them. . . . They didn't seem to have faces. . . . Then he
realized that their heads were hooded and their faces masked. High above
them, floating along in midair, four struggling figures were being
contorted into grotesque shapes. It was as though the masked wizards on
the ground were puppeteers, and the people above them were marionettes
operated by invisible strings that rose from the wands into the air. Two
of the figures were very small.

More wizards were joining the marching group, laughing and pointing up
at the floating bodies. Tents crumpled and fell as the marching crowd
swelled. Once or twice Harry saw one of the marchers blast a tent out of
his way with his wand. Several caught fire. The screaming grew louder.
The floating people were suddenly illuminated as they passed over a
burning tent and Harry recognized one of them: Mr. Roberts, the campsite
manager. The other three looked as though they might be his wife and
children. One of the marchers below flipped Mrs. Roberts upside down
with his wand; her nightdress fell down to reveal voluminous drawers and
she struggled to cover herself up as the crowd below her screeched and
hooted with glee.

"That's sick," Ron muttered, watching the smallest Muggle child, who had
begun to spin like a top, sixty feet above the ground, his head flopping
limply from side to side. "That is really sick. . . ." <<<
 
Having re-read that passage, is the Aunt Marge scene still funny? Less
so for me.
 
Cheers,
 
Dumbledad.
 
 


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