[HPforGrownups] Ludo Bagman, Audio versions

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No: HPFGUIDX 17857


--- Michelle Apostolides
<michelleapostolides at lineone.net> wrote:

> 
> As for Ludo Bagman. Well I know that Dumbledore
> states ant the end of
> The Pensieve chapter that LB is NOT a DE but I
> wonder... Winky is
> obviously a very loyal elf and I don't think she
> would have been so
> vehement about LB at the end of " The House Elf
> Liberation Front "
> without good reason.
> 
> I think Ludo is one to watch.
> 
Having just finished listening to the audio GoF (Dale
version) myself, I have to say I had the same
thoughts. The first three times I read GoF, I was sure
Bagman was a red herring; now I'm not so sure. I think
we're being lured into a false sense of security:
we're supposed to think Bagman's a red herring, when
he's actually not! Sure, we're told he disappeared
after the third task because he lost his bet with the
goblins. But this is Fred and George's take. Perhaps
he felt the dark mark burn as well, and that's why he
disappeared... Also in his trail scene, the jury
seemed awfully swayed by his fame and popularity.

Question is, is this the spin the performers are
putting on things? Or just a new perspecitve on our
parts as listeners, rather than readers. After all, we
both got similar impressions from different audio
versions.

Anne

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