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"In Americashire, Dumbledore is liable to be run out of town with vim"
Published Date: 30 October 2007
By ROBERT MCNEIL
IT'S time I intervened in the furore about Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore who, as I understand it, are more or less fictional characters. JK Rowling has decided Dumbledore, a wizard with a beard the size of Wales, is gay. Most of us welcomed this development as fairly normal. But, in Americashire, particularly in the middle bits which are far from the sea - and therefore weird - folks have gone doolally.
There, people actually believe the Bible, which is usually treated here as a source of entertainment, like Lord of the Rings or Viz magazine. As a result, they're not fond of gays, necromancers or Hittites, all of whom they'd like to smite. As Dumble...



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Derek Williams,

Edinburgh 30/10/2007 03:53:28

This article was for me an irreverent and entertaining read. Of course Dumbledore's sexuality was self evident to all sentient creatures endowed with a modicum of intelligence from the very beginning and the book burners way out there in the Midwest have only themselves to blame for being too obtuse to spot this from day one.

They must have taken their eye completely off the ball by not also noticing the highly publicised sexuality of the actor (Sir Ian McKellen) chosen to play the role. I suspect they're secretly more angry at themselves than at JK Rowling who is currently laughing all the way to the bank.

Naturally, if things turn financially sour for her as a result of this scandal, she could always backtrack and say, "What was I thinking? Dumbledore G-A-Y? Whoops-a-daisy! I must have been having a Senior Moment." Then the Midwesters will be forced to offer forgiveness for her folly, and will flock out and buy back all the books they burned. Once they’ve all restocked, Dumbledore could turn gay again. Watch this space…

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Dollar Tim,

30/10/2007 09:30:18

1# Much as I agree with most of what you say - you are getting your wizards mixed up. Ian McKellen was Gandalf. Richard Harris was the original Dumbledore followed by Michael Gambon.

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Derek Williams,

Edinburgh 30/10/2007 10:06:07

#2 you are right about the late Richard Harris
see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1651390.stm
however the news is that Ian McKellen will take over this role from Harris:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/arti...


 

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