BY SITA THOMAS
With a new play solely about Harry Potter touring the country and coming to our Uni at the Arts Centre, I set out to find out about what ‘Pottermania’ is all about.
When you Google ‘Harry Potter’ guess how many results there are? 82,800,000. That’s eighty-two million eight hundred thousand different pages that have Harry Potter as their subject. Now I thought myself to be quite a fan until I realised that I am not a member of a Harry Potter fan site, I do not download one of the Harry Potter podcasts, I do not own any Harry Potter fan art and I have not listened to any Wizard Rock music…
Yes, there are millions of people out there who love Harry Potter so much that they do all of these things to name a few. I admit I did queue up at my local bookstore at midnight to buy Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth in the series of seven fantasty novels by J.K. Rowling (just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few years and didn’t know that) but there is so much that I haven’t taken part in.
The aspect of ‘Pottermania’ that I found most interesting is the new genre of music – Wizard Rock. If you have never heard of it (like me) then check this out –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb9adl1Lrd8
The amount of time and effort that so many people have evidently put into following the Harry Potter cult has made me wonder – is it really worth it all? Have people taken it a bit too far? I asked Ally Blanchard who is a member of ‘The Black Sisters’ (www.myspace.com/blacksistaz) the 17th most popular Harry Potter act in Britain what she thought. Her response was that she loves going to Harry Potter meetings and conventions and making lots of friends because you already have a connection, you’re part of a community.
I’m not sure whether I’m convinced; do I want to be part of this community? Or should I remain what some would call a ‘muggle’, unaware of all the wizarding goings-on in the world. I think I’ll check out the play that’s coming to Warwick – ‘Potted Potter’ which is all of the seven Potter books in seventy minutes, and see if that makes up my mind!
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All the 7 HP books in 70 minutes.. impressive!!
Tell me about it! I wonder how they'll get everything in, I mean even the film missed out great bits from the books...
Yeah, that's what I'm wondering! The play possibly cannot manage to fit in the entire storyline in 70 mins considering how the movies turned out to be.
what did you think of the movies? like daniel radcliff? It'll be interesting to see someone else play Harry!
Well, I suppose then the play would be a showcase of what they regarded as THE most important bits of the whole franchise? Am sort of a half-baked Potter fan myself. Watched most of the movies, but never really did more than skim through the books!
I thought that the 4th one was quite bad! The others were fine. I particularly liked the 5th movie as the director really focused on alot of details which were in the book. Yeah, I'm sure the audience will find it a bit hard to accept somebody else playing daniel radcliff. The one playing the role will have to be really good in order for him to create an impact!
yes I enjoyed the 5th that had more detail. Yes i'm sure they'll be picking what they think are the most important moments. I hope they don't go for the really obvious ones though i.e 1st book Voldemort fighting with Harry to get the stone, because how could they follow the film's special effects on stage? It would be good for HP fans if they took moments from the books that perhaps aren't done in so much detail in the films... what do you think?
It might be interesting if they picked out moments that were significant, but not in your usual wham-bang flashy kinda way, if you know what I mean? Can't think of any offhand, since I didn't read the books! My sister has them all though, so I might eventually...
The show 'Potted Potter' was brilliant! I laughed the whole way through. It doesn't matter whether you are a child or an adult or a serious Harry Potter fan - I would recommend it to anyone who wants an enjoyable night out at the theatre! Yes, the actors do pick out only the most important bits of the Harry Potter books. On the night that I went the show was definately a crowd pleaser - we even got to play a game of 'quidditch!'
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