[HPforGrownups] Re: Deconstructing the Potterverse

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 165154

kat7555 wrote:
>>It has been done; the novel and Broadway show, "Wicked",
>>deconstructing the Wizard of Oz (although mostly the movie, as the 
>>novel was an allegory of the Heroic Journey necessary for the 
>>protagonists to see that what they were seeking was within 
>>themselves, not to mention containing strong esoteric symbology of 
>>good and evil which "Wicked" throws away because it would keep the
>>story from working) comes to mind immediately.
> 
> I loved Wicked it is one of my favorite books ever. I gained an 
> appreciation for Elphaba that you couldn't get from the movie. I 
> don't think you could use the same technique for the Harry Potter 
> books since Voldemort is so evil. I'd love to read POA from Lupin's 
> point of view or Order of the Phoenix from Sirius' point of view. I 
> feel they are the most important characters in those books along 
> with Harry. I'd also love to read a Harry Potter prequel which would 
> describe events leading up to Harry being left with the Dursleys. 

	It may be that I am quite familiar with the history of Frank Baum, come 
from the same religious and philosophical tradition, and am well aware 
what he was trying to do in the book, THE WIZARD OF OZ, but WICKED is a 
sick travesty, much as rewriting the Harry Potter series with Voldemort 
as the hero and Dumbledore and Potter as the villains would be.

	Bart