FUDGE IS A DE!!!!/Stop Making Excuses

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 79064

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
<entropymail at y...> wrote:
(snipped)
 There is an active kind
> of evil, a "dark" evil, that is just for evil's sake.  That's 
Voldemort.  
> 
> But then there's the egocentric "sin" of self-absorption. I think 
you
> see this to a great extent in characters like Fudge (as well as
> Lockhart and, to some extent, Lucius Malfoy). Notice how much 
emphasis
> JKR puts on the flamboyant way these characters dress; Fudge is 
always
> described as wearing some pinstripe-thing or another. That is, their
> outward appearance is everything to them -- and prettying up any 
pesky
> little disturbances like immorality or dark wizardry is more 
important
> than actually taking action against them.
(snipped)
> My humble opinion
> Entropy

CW comments:

Just a small contribution here - the 'pinstripes' that Fudge is 
always described as wearing are a slightly-dated, 
stereotypic 'uniform' for respectable top civil servant and business 
types in the UK, especially in London. I think JKR uses this dress 
style for Fudge to emphasise his standing as a senior MoM official, 
although, as such, the outward appearances are very important, of 
course. Personally, I love the lime green bowler hat touch, so nearly 
right, but at the same time, completely wrong. Would love to see 
Fudge interviewed on our evening news wearing it......