Jim Dale, Stupid Americans, Hagrid's worth as a teacher

[lupinboi]

No: HPFGUIDX 40249


> This is not the first example of something being dumbed-down for us 
> Yanks. The James Bond movie "Licence to Kill" was originally called 
> (and may have been called in the UK) "Licence Revoked" but the studio 
> feared that not enough people would know what "revoked" meant.
> 

Sorcerer's Stone is slightly less of a dry title than Philosopher's
Stone... but what do I know?

Are the books dumbed down for American audiences? My friend K has all
the British editions.. is it worth plowing through those to catch all
the differences? Apart from "soccer/football" and the like, I was led
to believe that they were almost exactly alike. 

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