[HPFGU-Movie] Harry Potter: Anti-American?

[JLen1777 at aol.com]

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Pauline  (not British, but Australian and prepared to forgive JKR  for not 
putting  Steve Irwin in charge of Magical  Creatures)






Rae:
HA!  Oh, man, that gave me a visual!  So the question is,  would Hagrid love
his exuberant love for animals/reptiles or would he be  totally exasperated
with it?
 
 
 
 
Jaimee:
That gave me quite a chuckle!  I think Hagrid and Irwin both show a  complete 
adoration for animals, and I could see them discussing ways to feed a  
flobberworm or blastended skrewt. Yeah, I definitely think they would get on  quite 
well.
 
And as far as not having American characters, well why should she feel it  
necessary to write about Americans?  I think that is part of the reason  other 
nations see us as arrogant.  If there were any Americans, we'd  probably be in 
Slytherin  (lol).  And as far as hiring American actors  for British parts, 
well that just leads right into our arrogance again...Why,  when there are so 
many talented Brit actors, should an American get the  part?  Well...because 
he/she is American, and isn't that the way everyone  should be?
 
Jaimee -- who is offended that noone thought of allowing Jeff Corwin to  help 
Hagrid and Irwin... that's a slap in the face to Americans AND Nova  
Scotians...  ;)



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