Why Lockhart?

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 27520

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch 
> <rowena_grunnion_ffitch at y...> wrote:
> >    A good question actually, what possessed Dumbledore
> > to accept this empty blowhard as DADA instructor?
> >    One might speculate....We have been told Dumbledore
> > has a vain streak, (one might guess this for oneself
> > what with the flowing hair and robes and his praise of
> > his own brilliance) it is possible he sees something
> > of himself in Gilderoy Lockhart. 
> 
> 
> I can quite see this.  What concerns me, though, is that we have 
> heard about this "vanity" of Dumbledore's through an article, 
quoting 
> a costume designer, quoting JKR - so it is, at best, third hand and 
> therefore not canon.
> 
> This is what concerns me about this disparity between book and 
> movie:  it seems likely that we are going to end up saying that the 
> movie, and related articles are going to become canon whether we 
like 
> it or not.  This is very different from the kind of data Steve 
> collects, as he only uses as canon direct quotes from JKR herself.
> 
> I am sure that I am going to enjoy the movie - I have been looking 
> forward to it for months.  However, I do want the 
> film/interviews/articles about the film to be viewed as canon in 
the 
> same way as the books/comments from JKR about the books.  It is 
just 
> too confusing for words.
> 
> Catherine

Erm, my previous message was too confusing for words as well.  I 
meant to say that I' DON'T want the film, etc. regarded as canon.
Duh!!!!!!!

Catherine