PeaceBang
The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather. Blogging about Unitarian Universalism, UU Christian spiritual practice, occasional cultural and political ravings, and the inner life of ministry. PeaceBang is the alter ego of a small town pastor serving an historic New England Unitarian Universalist congregation.
I Know How Harry Potter Ends!
July 24, 2007 on 11:08 pm | In Just Funny |Tonight I was doing the most ultimately Boston thing ever and having beers in the Bull & Finch (aka “the Cheers bar”) with a friend while keeping an eye on the Sox game (we won). She told me she had just finished the last Harry Potter book and I got her to tell me the whole ending. I have to say that it was just so much fun watching her narrate the whole thing with major emotional investment that I think I prefer that to the reading experience.
Are you all DONE with Harry Potter yet? Can we go on LIVING now? CHEEZ!
No, I jest. I loved the first three or four of the books. When it got to the Goblet of Fire, though, I just could not get into it. So sad, but I just couldn’t. But I will always love the Harry Potter series, and Hogwarts is my secret alma mater. To this day, I would be SO WILLING to buy my own ticket to the U.K. or wherever they’re filming the next two installments to be an extra. Please, Mr. Producer! Please! I just really so badly want to walk by in ONE scene with a pointy hat on. PLEASE??? My character doesn’t have to have a name or anything. We’re talking just a simple walk-by in the background. You don’t have to pay me a cent! I just want to be part of the magic.
See? I could DO THAT! I would be really good at it!
If anyone has any connections, you know where to find me. I can leave on a day’s notice as long as I can take a red-eye and be back in time to preach on Sunday.
In case you were wondering, my other two big showbiz aspirations are to sing with the Muppets and to do a very insignificant voice for a Disney film, like maybe one line. You know, like the woman who says “I need six eggs” during the opening number of “Beauty and the Beast.” I can do a French accent if they need one.
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If Jo Rowling had named it “Harry Potter and the Flaming Chalice” you would have finished it.
Comment by fausto — July 25, 2007 #
PB, you might want to read the next two.
I loved them both….
She’s growing as a writer.
E
Comment by elizabeth — July 25, 2007 #
I have to say that I just don’t get HP. I remember being dragged along to the first movie by an ex-girlfriend who was totally obsessed. It was entertaining, but just not my cup of tea.
I have total respect for those who do, however. It’s a nice distraction, particularly when there is so terribly wrong in this world going on that we can’t change.
Comment by Comrade Kevin — July 25, 2007 #
I like your quiz at the end of the post!
Comment by Jan — July 25, 2007 #
PB, I have to tell you that Chapter Thirty-Four of “HP & the Deathly Hallows” made me weep openly. While it is true that I had had a big death in my congregation, the memorial service for which I had just completed, for a person who bravely and forthrightly faced his own death, my bawling was more than blowing off steam from that. It is a very moving meditation on death and dying and facing the inevitable with courage. This is not mere “distraction;” it is in many ways a serious examination, through storytelling, of life’s major issues and passages.
Comment by Peter B — July 27, 2007 #
And the last book had some nice biblical allusions, directly to Matthew and to St. Paul without attributing to them.
Comment by Ron Robinson — July 30, 2007 #
For me, the tears flowed at chapter 24 (sad) and the epilogue (joy), yeah, I’m soft as a grape!
At the heart of this story is the conquering of death, so it is absolutely a spiritual/religious tale. I was particularly struck by Harry’s struggle with the lack of answers he had been given. He wonders why he can’t be trusted with answers, eventually giving in to the quest and finding truth on his own (but in community) Friends, this stuff preaches!
I also loved when Harry wondered if what had just happened was “real” or “in his head.” He is told, “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, buy why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” How’s that for wisdom?
Comment by Ian Lynch — August 1, 2007 #