Mad-eye Moody

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I wanted to share the beginning of an article about Mad-Eye Moody that I
recently posted at the site;  I'm working up the courage to do a type of
clip notes on book one, so this is part of my practice sessions!


MAD-EYE MOODY

Let's face it: it was love at first bounce the moment that ferret reached
seven feet. Mad-Eye Moody was the instant hero of millions. The show we had
all been longing for had begun. Funny, while we stood mesmerized watching
the rise and fall of the flipping ferret, we missed the real show, the
greatest act on earth; or to put it more precisely: the greatest actor.

The Cannes Festival and Hollywood missed their cue too. Barty Crouch Jr.
wasn't even mentioned when the oscars were being passed around. He gave the
performance of a lifetime, in more ways than one, and no one knew to
clap....

Once I recovered from the shock and stinging disappointment, for ol' Mad-Eye
had me completely spellbound, a fascination bordering on obsession grew and
grew. There is this burning desire to cry out each time I re-read GOF, "Will
the real Barty Crouch Jr. please stand up!" How much of it was
acting --utterly brilliant-- and how much seeped up from the unconscious
remains of the person who could have been?

"Your name's Longbottom?" You would think that he would choke to say the
name. He was one of the four who stood towering above the writhing Frank
Longbottom until they had crushed the sanity out of the man. Barty could
recognize the child that Frank and his wife no longer knew. .....

continued at   http://www.geocities.com/lumen_dei/wink-gob3.html#madeye

P.S.  The screen saver contest is going marvelouslly - 150 winners


Maria

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