[HPFGU-OTChatter] Over-analyzing your favorite fandom

[Rebecca Dreiling]

I think that movie is freakin funny.  My bro and I used to watch it over and 
over again.  We really thought we were the only ones...at least the only 
ones older than 25.


>From: "Dina Lerret" <bunniqula at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Over-analyzing your favorite fandom
>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:48:42 -0500
>
>Currently, my favorite fandom--if you can call it that considering its
>small size--is Sorority Boys, which is comprised of one movie... and
>some may consider that too much. {g}
>
>I enjoyed the movie and it's still my favorite, regardless of how
>poorly it did at the box office and the criticisms against it.  Since
>it's just the one movie to discuss, it's weirdly amusing for some fans
>to see how much can be extrapolated from it.  For example, the last
>three discussion threads:
>http://community.livejournal.com/sorority_boys/7315.html
>http://community.livejournal.com/sorority_boys/7558.html
>http://community.livejournal.com/sorority_boys/7889.html
>
>Topics included favorite quotes, date rape, Powerpuff Girls, gay
>bashing, Barbara Eden, etc... all connected to Sorority Boys.
>{chuckle}
>
>Back when I was more vocal in the HP fandom, I probably inadvertently
>drove mods crazy because, no matter how hard I tried to stay on-topic,
>I usually went off on different tangents.  I guess after awhile I
>didn't speculate as much in the HP fandom because there were so many
>folks already placing much more thought--I might add *organized*
>thought--into their discussions and essays, and it's possible to
>wonder if the topic was hashed to death in the hundred or so unread
>HPFGU emails. {g}  I still advocate a 'Readers Digest' version of
>HPFGU would be great!  Condense a whole day's worth of discussions
>into a paragraph. {chuckle}
>
>Still, there's something to be said (and then some) when fans get
>together and can share their 'obsession' and over-analyze it. :-)
>
>Dina