Those darn Muggles!

[Angela Boyko]

I know this group will understand when I share what happens when Muggles
encounter the Harry Potter world:

Last Saturday, I went to a local mall to browse. (And found "Fantastic
Beasts" and "Quidditch Through the Ages" at Chapters!)

Unbeknownst to me, there was a Harry Potter look-a-like contest (for
kids) scheduled to start in five minutes. Quite a nice surprise to walk
into! I decided to stick around and watch. The kids looked really cute.
There were seven Harrys, a couple of Hermiones, and a ghost.

First the announcer got up and introduced the judges/employees from mall
stores that sell Harry Potter products.  Then she asked some trivia
questions of the crowd, and it became clear that she was a Muggle. She
hadn't read the books!

It got worse when the contest started. Each child came on stage and was
asked a trivia question. The Muggle couldn't pronounce Quidditch. I
began to wonder if she was a last minute replacement for someone who
actually knew what they were doing but got cursed with the flu.

The trivia questions for the children were multiple choice. Easy enough
for the kids, but the Muggle seemed to find something funny about the
questions, much like Dudley would poke fun at "Quidditch Through the
Ages" if he ever got his sticky hands on it - "They fly around on
brooms? How stupid is that? Har har har!"

Then it got really bad. The third contestant got on stage (and the
cutest little Harry, IMO). She read the question, and two of the
multiple choice answers (there were four to be read). The kid softly
gave her the right answer (which she hadn't read aloud) and she just had
such a "Who cares? These silly questions!" attitude that I left. What
could have been a cute and enjoyable contest was ruined by this babbling
Muggle who was clearly enjoying being on stage, but was *disrespectful*
of the subject!

I just had to get that out. Have a groovy weekend.

Angela

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