Hi all. This Mike pinch hitting for Ed while he is on vacation for a week.
Literature Professor Michael Berube's blog, sadly closed since the beginning of 2007, was one of my favorite things on the internets. Luckily he still shows up online here and there.
The Common Review has just posted a new essay by him about his experiences with the Harry Potter series, and how the series has enriched the life of his son Jaime, who has Down's Syndrome, by helping him to understand what is going on with narratives.
It expands on a series of posts from his blog about this topic. Berube chronicles about how his so-called "retarded" son learns to understand stories as stories through Rowling's books, and how he uses that to reflect on a range of issues. If you are a fan of the books or lit crit or education, special or otherwise, check it out.
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Also – go see the new "Order of the Phoenix" movie if you haven't already – it is the actual summer blockbuster movie event, rivaled by Ratatouille and Live Free or Die Hard*. They did a fantastic job taking what was probably the worst book to adapt; its is almost as good as the third movie, which stands as my favorite.
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Side question I've been asking people: Alan Rickman as Snape or as Hans Gruber – which do you prefer?
* – My enjoyment of this movie was amplified by seeing it opening night at midnight with several flasks of whiskey, and playing a game where we had to drink every time we could make the statement "John McClane killed that man by means that weren't solely with the use of a gun." That is a good game to play to that movie.
Peggy says:
You know, up until now I hadn't been at all interested in seeing *any* of the Die Hard fans… but now? Now that I know there is ALAN RICKMAN in them?
Well.
Mike says:
Alan Rickman is only in the first one, as the villain, and he is great in it. The first one in particular is really worth your time, especially if you want to see Alan Rickman in a suit with a machinegun.
Ambrosini says:
Rickman as Snape.
You finish the last book yet Mike?