TMI?
Okay, I did say I was going back to work, but just one more thing. I’m sure you have your own reaction/s to and/or position on the recent outing of Albus Dumbledore by his creator, JK. I will not discuss mine here, because it’s not really the point of this link. But I really do want to say that I think it’s wonderful that Dumbledore is gay, and such a shame that I chose not to pick up on it–I did think there might have been something a bit more in his thing with Grindelwald–primarily because I didn’t think JK would dare. Turns out she did, and even announced it, in no uncertain terms, to the whole world. (Well, pretty much, right?) Despite certain misgivings about the business side of the franchise and how JK has been handling it, I have to say, props to JK for this one. I acknowledge what this pronouncement can mean, what it can do, and I’ll give JK credit for that.
Okay, so I did end up talking A LITTLE BIT about what I thought. To the article now, what I find interesting in it is the shift of the discussion from JK’s pronouncement of Dumbledore’s sexuality to what JK does to the notion of authorship every time she announces some piece of information or ‘past’ or ‘future’ story about a character in a series that is supposedly concluded. Indeed, in JK’s case, it seems the author is definitely alive.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
I just wanted to say HI:D I wish I could say something about this Dumbledore thingy but Harry Potter isn’t in my schema. At any rate, this pronouncement of JK challenges those who advocate” death of the author” or even “reader’s response theory.” It is amazing how theories can be cyclical.
October 24th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Yeah.. I saw this in the news.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Hi, Ma’am Marics!
I think what I’m sort of wondering about now is how, all of a sudden, all these little pieces of info that JK reveals about the characters are suddenly an issue after she proclaims Dumbledore gay. I don’t think there were complaints and/or strong reactions before; if there were, they were usually of disappointment over the ‘ending’ or ’situation’ that JK chose, and not of the fact that JK gave such and such information. Anyhoo, I wonder if what JK has been doing will impact theory at all. I suppose the reader can just always resist what she says, if the reader feels so inclined. 
And, Ma’am, I’m super excited na po, lapit na December. 