JKR Backlash ... was JKR on MSNBC "...of the Year" poll

[harpdreamer]

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<dracos_boyfriend at y...> wrote:
> 
> (Snip)
> 
> She has all the money a person could reasonably want in this life 
> now - there is no need for all this stuff - and I really think it 
is 
> time for her to sit down and bloody finish the book.  We have been 
> waiting 18 months now and it has frankly stopped being funny - and 
> yet she persists in making these tawdry TV specials.  She is 
becoming 
> an active publicity seeker, and it pains me to see her going down 
> this road, because it is barely a step away from demanding 'peeled 
> white fruit' (Jennifer Lopez) or 'rose petals scattered on the 
> toilet' (Barbara Streisand).  I would really hate to see her 
> corrupted by the media world, but I really fear that, in my eyes, 
she 
> is clearly not strong enough to resist it.

Totally agree, Al.  Maybe someone should direct her to a dungeon, 
lock the door & tell her she can't come out until she's finished 
writing the next book.

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> 
>  Then I saw Harry Potter skateboards ...
> 
> Let's just consider the image, there.  Harry Potter and 
> skateboards ... in my opinion, and please yell at me if I'm wrong 
in 
> *any* way ... belong to two completely different subsections of 
> children's culture ... if I were to go up to the kind of child who 
> uses a skateboard in Britain, and ask him what he thought of Harry 
> Potter, he would likely laugh at me ... I just thought that the 
very 
> idea was so, so tacky.  And Joanne put her seal of approval on this 
> piece of wheeled tat??  It makes me sad ... very, very sad.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not sure Joanne has that 
much say-so over merchandise or marketing.  I think that's all WBs 
doing.  
> 
> I'd genuinely like to know what you guys think of the marketing 
hype, 
> and JK herself at this point in time.  Do you agree that there's 
> potential for a backlash, or not?  If not, why not?  Are people in 
> the fandom beginning to get bored with Harry?  Are we suffering 
from 
> burn-out?
> 
> Al

I think a lot of the merchandise is atrocious (& that's putting it 
mildly).  I've got quite a bit of it, but I'm very, very picky about 
what I buy.  I wish there was more clothing in adult sizes (I've got 
two lovely t-shirts, courtesy of Scott.  I'd like more, but can't 
find them).  I think a lot of the hype is because of the slow economy 
(at least here in the States).  However, here in Charleston, it's 
quite hard to find.  

I wouldn't really call it burn-out.  It's been 18 months since GoF & 
we're likely not to have OoP in our hot little hands until at least 
September of next year. A lot of us may simply have turned our 
attention to other books, other movies, other merchandise.  (Not me, 
however.  My shrine...er, office is filled with all things HP)

Peace & Plenty, 

Parker  
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