<div dir="ltr">I agree that it is easier to keep track of things when reading. You can go as quickly or as slowly as you like to make sure you get everything out of it–which is definitely not the case with a movie, or a play. And I had totally forgotten about the extra brother. Either that or I totally missed it when I watched the movie.... Which goes to show our point. <div><br></div><div>Crescent</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:07 PM Karen Lewellen <a href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net">klewellen@shellworld.net</a> [HPforGrownups] <<a href="mailto:HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com">HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>All this discussion of fantastic beasts, and crimes motivated me to read <br>
the second screenplay again.<br>
For the record, the author';s about in the back of the screenplay states <br>
that Rowling collaborated with Thorne and Tiffany to create cursed <br>
child...so that is firmly clear.<br>
Still the book editions of the screenplays read a bit better to me, at <br>
least than the rehearsal edition of cursed child.<br>
The companion books, Quidditch through the ages etc., are short because <br>
they were written for charity, not for large scale storytelling.<br>
Speaking personally? I would almost read the screenplay before viewing <br>
the film because as written the continuity makes more sense on the <br>
printed page, including Dumbledore's second brother.<br>
depp's casting does the film no favors, and I can imagine people getting <br>
distracted from the story quality because of him alone.<br>
Just my take though,<br>
Kare<br>
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