Dateline Redemption was Re: Victory for TEWWW EWWW

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 173710

> Alla:
> What? You mean JKR herself edited the interview and did a voice 
over 
> it?
> 
> I find it **hilarious** and can only say poor JKR if she felt a 
need 
> to do that. 
> 
> 
> Did she leave in he is "spiteful and a bully" remark or did she cut 
> that out as well?
> 
> So does author's intent counts now or is it still irrelevant? I am 
> asking this question in general, not just to you.
> 
> My view of Snape does not change – I see spiteful, bully and not a 
> hero, while brave in the text, but  oy. Was she afraid of leaving 
it 
> as is?
> 
> At least we know what she meant to say in the first place before 
she 
> changed it, LOL.

Jen: I don't think JKR had anything to do with it but could be 
wrong.  I'm pretty sure it was filmed all at once and she made a 
longer statement that was edited one way the other day and a 
different part was heard tonight, because there were still some of 
the same words.  That was my impression hearing her.  The word 
spiteful was in there but bully was cut, I'm pretty sure.  There was 
also additional information such as her mentioning that Harry saw 
good in Snape even though he loathed him until the end (paraphrasing, 
all this is paraphrasing - I'm sure someone has the full transcript).

Re: the hero part, she said, 'heroic to a point' (I do remember that 
phrase) and summed up at the end by saying he was flawed.  

Ah, the magic of editing!  If she made one long statement about 
Snape, I'd like to hear the *whole* unedited cut myself.  Don't they 
know what we fans are like by now??  These little sound bytes won't 
do. ;)

Jen