Harry Potter: Anti-American?

[lorelei3dg]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "laurenmcoakley" 
<laurenmcoakley at y...> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> 
> I had an interesting conversation with my brother-in-law the other 
day 
> that really got me thinking.  He says he feels JK Rowling is Anti-
> American because American actors are not allowed to be in the 
films.  
> Also, he noted there were no American characters.  
> 
> Thanks, 
> Lauren
>

I agree with the other replies that the lack of American actors makes 
a lot of sense given the setting of the story. As far as no American 
characters, GoF had a mention of Americans at the QWC - a group with 
a banner entitled "Salem Witches Institute," IIRC. For those who want 
to include the US in the story, I've always seen that as a sign that 
there are probably magical schools in America and worldwide. Why 
would JKR spend time writing about those, though, when they are not 
part of her own world and definitely not important to her story?