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9mo ago

TELL ME (xpost from Leaky_Cauldron@diagonlemmy.social)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16243150

TELL ME

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He asked calmly.
- I just came for this comment. Thanks

Fun fact: McKellen was asked to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris passed but he declined because he didn't want to be typecast.
- Typecast means that after 2 roles he would have only been hired for wizards from now on?
  
  The clue is in the word itself - it’s actually a spell that prevents you from being selected to portray literally anything else for the rest of your career as an actor.
  
  Well, maybe not wizard typecast, but typecast to play much older than he was. He was only 63 when he first played Gandalf. To put it in perspective, that's only one year older than Tom Cruise is right now.
  
  I guess it might lead to some snowball effect
- What we got instead was awful.

There is a funny Studio C sketch where the two get mixed up and go through a checklist to confirm their identity, and Dumbledore checks all the Gandalf boxes and Harry checks all the Frodo boxes.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KmXPcSxz2g
  
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Harry Potter is a slavery-justifying neoliberal wank written by a transphobic fascist, and it deserves to be forgotten.
- It's perfectly fine to like the art and not the artist, you know.
  
  It’s mega derivative though. Don’t really get why it caught on as much as it did, except lucky timing.
  
  I don't like the art, it's poorly written. Harry watches the government get taken over by fascists and then decides to go be a cop. Plus it excuses slavery
- Can we try to replace Potter with The Earthsea books? So clear Rowling stole many ideas from Le Guin, and Le Guin herself was amazing. Tons of essays, etc. to get the drift of her ideas. Or Once and Future King? Not as big of a fan of the second series, but the first part is lovely and edifying like the early Potter books.
  Edit: could any of the downvoters share their rationale? Not mad, and if it's just the wrong sub to suggest it because duh, replace it with LOR, that's okay. I'm good with that too. Any other reasons out there?
  
  I didn't downvote you, but I would guess the other down votes come from not describing why they are similar, or what they are about.
  
  You're being downvoted by transphobes. I upvoted you.

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