[HPFGU-Movie] Standing corrected....

[Karen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "susanbones2003" <rkdas at charter.net>
To: <HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Standing corrected....


>
> Hi all,
> I mentioned earlier that Richard didn't think Dan could pull off
> a "CAPSLOCK Harry" and then I went hunting for what I remembered him
> writing and OOOPS! He had the same reason as me!
> Read below:
>
> Richard wrote in message# 11748
> "The main reason I'd like a limit on Capslock!Harry is similar: I
> simply don't think Dan can pull off Harry being seriously unlikeable
> without undermining the viewers' sympathy. Much as readers are
> encouraged to dislike Harry's excesses during the book, we understand
> part of what he's going through and empathise with his predicament. If
> his energy and rage is less petulant, he can still be a believable
> teenager without alienating the audience."
>
> So, embarrassingly enough, Richard got out in front again!
>
> Jen Das promising not to bring up or quote anyone no longer writing on
> this list for a long while!

kchuplis:

Why is Capslock!Harry seriously unlikeable? I did not find Harry unlikeable
at all in Book 5. "don't think Dan can pull off Harry being seriously
unlikeable without undermining the viewers' sympathy." seems to imply Harry
*was* unlikeable. I don't understand this reasoning.