[HPforGrownups] Movie stuff

[Sheryll Townsend]

No: HPFGUIDX 4849


--- Amanda Lewanski <editor at texas.net> wrote:


> 
> -- Author of Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, gave a
> speech at the International Festival of Authors in
> Toronto (26th October, 2000). In front of 10,000
> fans
> in the Sky Dome, Rowling was left stunned when
> accusations began to fly that encourages Satanism.
> She
> recovered enough to defend that she has no belief in
> the occult and any connection with Lucifer.
> Fortunately, it would appear that most of the world
> -
> and the children - don't side with the radical few
> ----------------------------------------
> 
I don't know where this article came from, but it is
totally inaccurate. I was at the International
Festival of Authors for JKR's reading (not speech -
she read chapter 4 of GoF). The attendance was
actually 15,000+, making it the largest public reading
in history (which may put her into the Guiness Book of
World Records). 
There were no accusations of Satanism at this event.
What happened was, after reading chapter 4, she said
she would take the time to answer some of the
questions she'd been asked by reporters while in
Toronto. One of these questions was:
 "Do you believe these books encourage Satanism?"
Her response? "No, you are a lunatic."

It was a fantastic reading and I loved her addition of
the questions at the end (the reading went by too
quickly and none of us were in a hurry to see her
leave the stage). As I said in a brief report on the
event (posted last week to this group) she was also
asked if she thought the movie would ruin the books.
Her response? "No, the readers aren't idiots." I loved
it.

Sorry to be repetitive (most of this was in my
previous post on the event), but I didn't want to let
the inaccuracies in the above article pass
uncorrected.

Sheryll

=====
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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