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

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/2004 5:09:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:
I'm sure there are
parts of US where
land is cheap and the lots are huge, but that is most
certainly NOT a
true statement for much of USA.

Suzanne
I'm sorry, I just have to comment on this.  As I sit in my house on its 2 
acre lawn, with 32 acres of pasture and crop land around it (in Ohio), horses and 
goats in the field, I'm looking across the highway at houses with 2-5 acre 
lots -- those that aren't 600+ acre farms themselves.  Those who live on the 
"right and left coasts" of the US tend to forget that the VAST MAJORITY of the 
USA is open land, where we have big yards, hundreds of acres of farmland, many 
miles between towns.  Talk to somebody from Wyoming about houses all close 
together and hear the laughter there.  Cities all across the country do have PARTS 
where the people all live on top of each other (not my cup of tea, farm girl 
me), but in actuality, the vast majority of the USA is still land-rich, and 
you don't have to be rich to have a lot of land -- it all depends on where you 
live.  And those of us who live on farms would prefer you townies to stay in 
town and not try to crowd us out, thank you very much!  Please, have a nice long 
drive across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado -- the towns are few and far between. 
 Even driving through Ohio, Indiana and Illinios can be endlessly boring 
because it's just miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles of corn and 
soybean fields.  Yes, from Boston to New York City down to Richmond VA is vastly 
overpopulated, as is the entire coast of California.  But go inland -- and there 
are wide open spaces, one of the many joys of living in the USA.

All that said -- I'm very grateful to the Brits on here who clue us in on how 
things really are over there.  One of these days, I'll get to see it myself, 
if I'm lucky, but in the meantime, it's really nice to know which parts of the 
Potter movies show "real life in England" versus some filmmaker's imagined 
images of life in England.

And all THAT said -- I enjoyed the Aunt Marge scene -- it was laugh out loud 
funny!  I was surprised Dudley had no lines at all, but him getting hit with 
her buttons -- twice! -- was priceless! And his ignoring her "leaving" after 
all that, was very Dudley-like.  heehee


Lynda 
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