http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/07/harry-potter-and-the-half-assed-social-commentary/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:06:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/07/harry-potter-and-the-half-assed-social-commentary/#comment-13101 Chuck Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:53:40 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/ae/2005/07/91#comment-13101 The "half-assed" in the title was referring not to the Harry Potter books, but the media coverage of the books' releases. The “half-assed” in the title was referring not to the Harry Potter books, but the media coverage of the books’ releases.

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2005/07/harry-potter-and-the-half-assed-social-commentary/#comment-13100 Valerie Feria-Isacks Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:12:05 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/ae/2005/07/91#comment-13100 I don't think the social commentary in HP is 'half-assed.' It is taken down to the gradient at which a young child can understand it with a bit of reach, and is a way for children to think about such things without scaring the living bejeus out of them. It's that way because that's the appropriate gradient, and we need things for children so that they can bit by bit confront the harder stuff when they get older. We have a planet mared with social issues that will take us awhile to solve and some of these "children" now are the same "adults" later that will have to help with this when we are gone. I don’t think the social commentary in HP is ‘half-assed.’ It is taken down to the gradient at which a young child can understand it with a bit of reach, and is a way for children to think about such things without scaring the living bejeus out of them. It’s that way because that’s the appropriate gradient, and we need things for children so that they can bit by bit confront the harder stuff when they get older. We have a planet mared with social issues that will take us awhile to solve and some of these “children” now are the same “adults” later that will have to help with this when we are gone.

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