[HPforGrownups] Harry as Pop Icon

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 3144

I guess it feels kind of like blasphemy.  Harry Potter is like your own
private fantasy world, and then the big bad capitalist machine starts taking
it over, and it's not yours anymore.

Having said that, I don't think it'll destroy Harry Potter, because who in
their right mind is going to stop buying and reading the books, the way GoF
ended?  Not me.  HP will survive precisely because it started with books,
not on TV, and because it started small scale, a word of mouth kind of
thing.  None of us really had to be pressured by ad men into buying the
books, did we?  Possibly by our children and loved ones, but that's not the
same, is it?

I personally wouldn't say no to a Golden Snitch keyring and a Slytherin
badge though...

Jinx

----- Original Message -----
From: Anake <neptune_1984 at yahoo.com>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 11:34 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.
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