Ebony's S.O.S.

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 2082

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote:
> 
> > The other thing you could do is request a personal interview
> > with JKR but . . . . well, this seems unlikely.  <g>
> 
> Ebony, it never hurts to ask. I'd query the publisher about the 
likelihood
> of any sort of quick phone interview. Explain what you're writing 
and where
> you got the idea, offer to show them a copy before you turn it in 
if you
> want, and see what they say. I've had doors opened before that I 
expected to
> be firmly slammed---give it a whirl.
> 
> --Amanda

So have I.  It's just that I don't have the time right now that such 
persistence would require.  That's why I'll save the more outrageous 
aspects of this reading for another time.  The tone of my draft is 
quite complimentary... psychoanalytic criticism by nature is both 
probing and reaching.  It'll be hard to do, but by using only the 
essentials from Freud and relying heavily on Lacan's theories, I'm 
trying to avoid any offensive conclusions re: any sexual implications 
inherent in PoA's ending.  Again, hard to do--if you know Freud, you 
know sex is *everything*--"the rest is just details".  As a fan-
critic, I really am toeing the line in order not to offend.

And you say you've watched enough Disney movies for several 
lifetimes?  Oh, no!  You can never tire of Disney.  It's all sappy 
and sentimental corruption of archetypal fairy tales, true, but what 
I'm learning this semester is that every culture takes myths 
inherited from elsewhere and interprets/alters them according to 
their needs.  (For instance, *Oedipus Rex* is *not* the original 
version.  Neither are the Grimm fairy tales.)  Sometimes we all need 
a break from the cynicism and pace of the adult world. 

Take a vacation from it, but always, always find your way back to the 
Magic Kingdom!  

--Ebony (AKA Mouseketeer for life)