"Today " interview
Alice Franceschini
ladypotentpotions1 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 28 16:58:40 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 173475
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...>
wrote:
> Did anyone see the interview on the Today show? There's a quote in
> my newspaper from it. JKR says she couldn't answer every question
> in the books, "
because I'm dealing with a level of obsession in
> some of my fans that will not rest until they know the middle names
> of Harry's great-great-grandparents."
>
> Does anyone know if she said that with affectionate humor or with
> derision? I took umbrage with it (we were discussing jewelry at
> the time). After all, she's the one who created the Black family
> tree and leaked complex background stories for incredibly
> unimportant characters. <snip>
Lady Potions:
Oh yes I saw that interview when it aired. I taped it as well cause sometimes Rowling can be hard to understand what she says. I like to re-run the tape to try and understand what she says. Rowling said that line as a reprimand at first with her hand on her hip and then she instantly softened and eased into love for the people that wanted to know that much detail. I do believe she dearly loves her fans but at times they can be overwhelming.
To me Rowling comes off like that princess that was told that the peasants do not have bread - the princess not understanding that that meant they had no food to eat, replied (knowing only of her own lifestyle) "well then let them eat cake."
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