Coming to a conclusion was Re: Spoiling the fun

[Jen Reese]

Judy:
> Ask for "Why are eyes/glasses the key to Harry's vulnerability?", 
> Susan, I didn't take JKR's comment on Harry's glasses as meaning 
that 
> his eyes or glasses have some sort of magical vulnerability.  I just 
> thought she liked the glasses because they show he is ultimately a 
> regular boy, not a superhero.


Jen: Even though interview comments have fallen on hard times, JKR did 
actually say this, Reader's Digest, 2000:

"She's thrilled with Stephen Fry's taped version of the books, 
outraged that an Italian dust jacket shows Harry minus his 
glasses. "Don't they understand that they are the clue to his 
vulnerability?" 

She never said it that way again. As I've said to Susan off-list, it 
seems like JKR slipped up saying that b/c in the other interviews she 
only mentions "they didn't like a hero in glasses" about the Italian 
dust jacket. So it was either a slip-up, or it was an inaccurate 
quote. I've yet to hear JKR forcing it to be retracted or a lawsuit, 
so I'm going with interpretation #1. 

Jen