![]() ![]() Obviously I'm aware of the cultural phenomenon that is Harry Potter. And when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone hit the big screen I was still single, still childless and still more interested in other 2001 movies like Gosford Park, Amelie, even the first Lord of the Rings flick. When the first book came out, I was a 25-year-old single dude without a TV. Rowling's unfortunate tendency to insult the trans community, but rather sheer circumstance. (Check out old photos of Lynyrd Skynyrd sometime.) But I loved Merlin in campy film classic Excalibur, and my family watched The Wizard of Oz every year back when most of America only had a few TV channels.Īll that is preamble to say the reason I never saw (or read) a Harry Potter story before now wasn't some anti-wizard bias, or a principled stance against author J.K. Granted, I've spent much of life avoiding fantasy novels and albums by '70s rock bands who could be mistaken for wizards. ![]() I don't have anything against wizards per se. Daniel Radcliffe's hair has seen better days since 2001. ![]()
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