Harry's 1st Kiss

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 73482

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Random <random832 at r...> wrote:
> 
> On Saturday, Jul 26, 2003, at 11:10 America/Indianapolis, 
dudemom_2000 
> wrote:
> 
> > You see the same technique in old films where they fade away and 
let 
> > you figure out the rest (for some reason the Maltese Falcon 
comes to 
> > mind....)
> 
> That, however, was a technique generally used to avoid the film 
being 
> banned, generally when the events understood to happen would 
result in 
> such a ban were they explicitly depicted... are we to believe that 
> something happened between Harry and Cho that wouldn't be 
appropriate 
> for a children's book? (note: i'm not dismissing the possibility 
simply 
> _because_ they're characters in a children's book, but rather 
because i 
> really think it's not something that would have happened at that 
point 
> in their relationship)
> 
> --Random832

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It was a movie technique used to avoid being banned, yes, but it was 
also a technique effectively used prior to censorship in the movies 
(and it didn't always involve racy subjects). We have gotten used to 
media "showing all" and every little minute detail which really 
isn't necessary. Also, there is the tendency to put racy 
connotations on everything. Our imaginations are powerful things and 
vastly underused these days. I don't think there were any illicit 
connotations to the Harry & Cho kiss but I think JKR just didn't see 
it necessary to write about every single breath her characters take. 
It's those gaps in the narrative that make us wonder and think about 
what might have happened and imagine!!!! 

Dudemom_2000

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