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Date Posted: 16:19:18 10/23/07 Tue
Author: Lynx
Subject: Re: I think I understand what you're saying ej
In reply to: Deep Diction 's message, "Re: I think I understand what you're saying ej" on 15:51:23 10/23/07 Tue

For people who see it as an adventure/fantasy series to be taken at face value, Dumbledore's homosexuality is not relevant. But Rowling has given a gift to those who want to see it in a more literary and analytical way, and for those people it is surely relevant.

This whole argument reminds me of a Sopranos episode in which Meadow and Carmela are discussing Melville's final novel, Billy Budd. When Meadow starts talking about the homosexual subtext, Carmela comes completely unglued, insisting that it's just a story of a boy who goes to sea.

Relevance is in the eye of the beholder. ;-)

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  • Re: I think I understand what you're saying ej -- brat, 16:56:28 10/23/07 Tue
  • Re: I think I understand what you're saying ej -- EJetson, 18:25:34 10/23/07 Tue
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