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October 07, 2005
Harry Potter and the “Closet of Skeletons”
According to breaking news on CNN, Reverend Graham Taylor, a former Anglican cleric turned top-selling author of Shadowmancer, was thrown out of Penair School in Truro, southwest England, after he made a remarkable statement about the boy wizard, Harry Potter. While delivering a talk to children at the school, Reverend Taylor stated, “…Harry Potter, well, he's not the only gay in the village,” referring to the popular English series, Little Britain, which premiered on DVD in the states in August.
He continued by saying, “the villains in Rowling's blockbuster series are ‘wimps’ and called TV ‘crap’ compared to books.” I guess that’s one approach to get children to read, but personally, I think Rowling’s has been a much bigger inspiration for promoting literacy among younger adults. And as for what’s in store for Potter, only Rowling’s knows the secrets that lie ahead. Now if only she could conjure up a spell to release the skeletons in Tom Cruise’s closet.
Posted by Lance Buckley at October 7, 2005 10:15 AM
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