[HPforGrownups] Aunt Marge Floating (WAS: Re: Harry/James, Crabbe/Goyle connection)

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 100447

| From: gift_lady
| Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:25 AM
|
| Potioncat:
| > Sorry, I wasn't very clear. How Marge is shown in the movie is
| > different than the book. And having her floating in the air was very
| > similar in the movie to the Muggle baiting in GoF. The audience
| > found both Marge and Crabbe/Goyle funny...but when similar things
| > happen in the books, they are not funny.
|
| [Gift_Lady]:
| I did find Aunt Marge funny, mostly because Harry was getting even
| with her for what she was saying to his family. I doubt she'll talk
| about them that way again. I did not think the muggles being
| mistreated in GOF was funny and I hope if it's shown in the movie
| that the audience feels the same.

[Lee]:

Sometimes an incident can be viewed with two different viewpoints depending
on the context in which it occurs.  So, people could laugh at Aunt Marge,
knowing the context in which this incident occurred.  But, when we see the
muggle-bating, we know the context; it's radically different...deliberate
attempt to harm and humiliate and a prelude to possibly darker things to
come, coupled with the fact that tents are being set aflame and destruction
is following in the wake of those who are torturing the Roberts Family.

Cheers,
Lee :-)

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