Are we having fun?

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No: HPFGUIDX 80558

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt"
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> Last week on the "Thoughts on OOP" thread, there was some discussion 
> about the tug of war between JKR and her readers, as we try to tease 
> out information and she tries to withhold it.  When some said that 
> this made the whole thing more fun, I remembered an exchange 
> in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", as the visitors to the 
> factory get more and more enmeshed as they try to find their way 
> through the factory.  "What is this, Wonka?  Some kind of 
> funhouse?"  "Why?  Having fun?"  Are WE having fun anymore?  
> Speaking for myself, I have to say no.  <snip>

I am having SO much fun! Besides the fabulous excitement of seeing my
nine year old so thrilled about the series that he's read the five
books over and over (and over)...so many times that they're dog-eared
and ready to fall apart, and the fun of beginning to share this
excitement with the seven year old by reading out loud to him for
months at a time -- well, all that would be enough!

But I love the books myself, on a completely different level than the
little ones. The stories are layered and serpentine, with humorous
little inside jokes and mysteries that one would only find if one is
actually looking for them! Intriguing, dimensional characters that
fuel my already-too-full internal life (that means I daydream too
much!). What more could a grown-up ask for in a children's book? So
what if the stories go in directions I hadn't anticipated, or am not
completely in agreeance with? What fun would it be if I agreed with or
could predict everything that happened, or if were all lightness and
no darkness? I'm all for darkness! Am I having fun? Absolutely!

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