oh my god i’m so confused, what did Dan even say that was political? i am going to listen to the interview again. i don’t know if this is relevant, but Jo Rowling said publicly that she said America could use a democratic president.

“Congratulations! You’ve missed the point entirely!…”

@PotterFanInHouston, I seriously doubt that. LOL.

oh i get it now. i just hadn’t read the other thing… that was stupid sorry… but i think that it is so cool that he was glad Obama got voted in and wanted to see Milk. I love that guy.

It would have to be a serious musical a’la Les Miz or Phantom or Jane Eyre with only bits and pieces of funny stuff (let the twins get some big number or something) – you couldn’t treat it like Spamalot or Dr. Horrible or something like that… But done properly I think it could be done if anything else could be done – but that doesn’t mean I think they should….

I love musicals! I love Harry! But a musical about Harry? No thanks. I just wished I could have seen Daniel in Equus; now that would have been amazing!

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with anything Dan said. Anyone who does is totally over-reacting. There’s nothing wrong with feeling privileged to have been here when Obama was elected. And I don’t know if he’s saying anything bad about FOX news. On every news channel there were people crying because he was elected, so I don’t see anything wrong with that. I don’t know anything about the movie Milk, but what’s wrong with liking a movie? I know that The Colbert Report is not a really liberal show, especially when I think of Jon Stewart’s and Bill Maher’s shows. People please lighten up and stop looking to be offended. And I think it’s very important what the rest of the world thinks when it comes to who we elect as President. We all live in the same world and we all have to work together to make our world a better place.

musical are u serius. id go to see just because of the harry potter theme but dans right it isint what harry potter is about. im so happy he likes spongebob squarepants. we have so much in commen ok not really but idk.

I love musicals but I’m going to say that making a Harry Potter musical, although it has a potential to translate pretty good, could be disastrous. I was really scared when they announced Lord of the Rings: the Musical, but I heard that it was really good. It’s just depends on how they would do it. But I would still disapprove, scared that it would be a mockery.

PotterFanInHouston,

I laughed when I read your comments. Have you ever heard the phrase “Keep It Simple, Stupid”? Whatever points you are trying to make are lost in your outdated syntax. You write like a middle school student trying to impress an English teacher with words and phrases you really don’t understand. It’s not about the number of words used. It’s how they are used. Your writing style was dead by the end of WWII. I don’t think your English teacher would be impressed. Just look at some of this:

“his comments in the extracts presented here, if true to context, reveal a disappointing level of political bigotry that one wishes would not have come from a Potter castmember”,

“this is about attitudes betrayed by a sector which otherwise likes to mantle itself in the cloak of enlightenment, caring, understanding, diversity, inclusiveness, etc.”,

“Palpable nonsense!”,

My personal favorite is: “it matters not one whit”.

You can’t be serious with this stuff. Honestly, this style died during the late, lamented 20th century. “Late, lamented”? I’ll bet you love that one! Please credit me if you use it.

Hear, hear to Jain and EnglishLitMajor! ’nough said.

I do not think that Harry Potter should be put into the hands of the people who make the Disney musicals; but I think it has the right stuff to make a really great production. If it is intense and good and the people who do it don’t try to make it too kid-friendly I think I’d love it. Before reading Wicked and seeing the musical I’d have thought it was silly to mess with The Wizard of Oz. But I love Wicked. I think a similar thing could happen with Harry Potter. And yes, I can imagine a singing Harry. They are called Paul and Joe and they rock my iPod.

Dan and my kids have something in common then, they both love Spongebob! That’s too funny.

@EnglishLitMajor, I’m still laughing. BRILLIANT comment!!!

great, Dans a liberal. (in a sarcastic tone)

EnglishLitMajor, I suspect that PotterFanInHouston THOUGHT he knew his audience. It would be advisable for him to use the simplest of terms possible for those of us unable to keep up, or maybe he should just keep his disagreeable political opinions to him or herself .;-)