CoS scene.

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 80334

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> > 
More movie contamination!  I think there's a good reason we're not
> supposed to use stuff from the movies on the main list.  There's a
> zillion possible reasons why JKR wanted that scene to stay that are
> more probable than some kind of foreshadowing, the most likely of
> which is that she thought the scene was good.  It's useful for 
people
> to know that there's a seamy side of town even in the wizarding 
world. 
> 
> In _canon_, the _book_, which the movie is _not_, the Hand of Glory 
is
> not emphasized or given undue attention. The focus of the scene in 
the
> book was Lucius coming in to sell off stuff that was getting too hot
> to keep at home, which also told us he had a lot of Dark Arts 
stuff. 
> It was an insight into Lucius's, ah, "character."  We learn later 
that
> he kept a few, shall we say, mementos, one of which became important
> to the story.

I hope everyone remembers that both in the movie and the book, this 
is where Harry emerged from the Floo Network.  I believe the reason 
we see Knockturn Alley, is quite simple.  Aside from introducing 
Lucius Malfoy, it is also juxtaposition to Diagon Alley.  The Yin and 
the Yang so to speak.

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> 
> When JKR is giving a clue she means for us to remember, she usually
> repeats it or echoes it in some way later on.  I think that's the 
time
> to take notice.
> 
> I think constructing a theory based on which scenes are left in the
> movies is, no offense, the road to folly.  Canon trumps the movies
> each and every time; that's why the posting guidelines say movie 
stuff
> is out.
> 
> Jim Ferer