Harry as Pop Icon

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 3013

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Donna Rae" <donnadr at g...> wrote:
> I just picture all the little David Copperfield pencil boxes that 
the media probably pushed after Dickens came out with his classic.  
Or how about the Tiny Tim Christmas ornaments LOL.
> 
> Donna Rae
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Anake 
>   To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 6:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Harry as Pop Icon
> 
> 
>   Am I the only one (well, besides one of the guys interviewed in 
the article) that
>   also thinks that having tons of Harry merchandise will be sort of 
annoying? I
>   dislike fads that have to do with a ton of merchandise, although 
I shouldn't really
>   say that. I love The Simpsons, and The Simpsons had a merchandise 
BONANZA during
>   the 1990-1991 season, and yet that show is still going strong.
> 
>   What does everyone else think?
> 
>   Virtually,
> 
>   Anake N.
> 



Sigh, on the one hand, I do get sick of popular 
culture/commercialization...selling everything.

However, we had one of the first Hogwarts teeshirts in town, and it 
got amazing results...we immediately found all the other PotterHeads 
and got into animated discussions.