New print article — a lengthy rant about how J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is hardly worth the excessive praise and fervent devotion it receives from millions of zombified admirers all over the world. Fuck Harry Potter. This piece has it all — a mini Hot Flash style comic, mini-reviews of other books, anecdotes from my time spent working at the bookstore — even some more sophisticated literary and social criticism. And if you’ve got anything to add — agreements, disagreements, expositions on certain plot points that may contradict certain arguments voiced in the piece (because, admittedly, I haven’t read any of the books save the first one, though I have seen the fucking boring films that never fail to put me to sleep), etc. — that’s what the comment form is for.
This article is dedicated to all of the people who, like me, dislike the Potter books but are nonetheless forced to live in a world where their influence, at times, seems all but limitless. La Resistance lives on, my friends.
I bet there must be some subliminal messages encrypted between the lines of every HP books like “Buy my books, act like a zombie”. ^_^
I saw a talk-show yesterday concerning “Harry Potter vs. Catholic Church” problem. Potter Followers almost yelled at poor vicars that HP is nothing about occultism, witchcraft or black magic – it preaches about the importance of friendship and self-esteem – “and if everyone read HP, world would be a better place”. Well, haven’t read all of HP but they were bullshiting IMO. And they were acting like members of some very dangerous sect who bash everyone not involved enough 😛
I prefer Roald Dahl to Rowling, the latter couldn’t ever hook me in really. But hey – it’s cool to meet more HP dislikers in the net. We shall uprise when the time comes… :>