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...kids [May 28]. Tex Avery's cartoons (starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig) and many other cartoons of the 1930s and '40s include jokes that kids don't have the cultural experience to understand. Shrek is the same. Do kids still need wonder and magic? Of course they do. Do they need classic stories turned into happily-ever-after tripe that doesn't even resemble the original? Absolutely not. Poniewozik only alluded to the fact that the Grimm brothers' fairy tales were originally quite grim and scary. So where can we find healthful magic for kids? Outside in nature...
...rodent shakes his head no. "But you can?" Remy answers with a Gallic shrug so eloquent it says many things. First, a modest "Eh, a little." Beneath that: "Well, not to brag, but I'm actually quite proficient." Most important: "Trust me. Together we'll cook up some magic...
KEEPING THE MAGIC ALIVE...
...this summer's book. Your selection of subjects--Paris Hilton, steroids, American Idol--demonstrate that the bogeymen here in the adult Muggle world are a lot more frightening, if not evil, than He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named could ever dream of being, and they would only ruin the magic, if you will, of future Harry Potter books...
That vibrant centrality of Allston is a lot harder to imagine than commissioning a renowned architect or routing the shuttle bus for 12-minute pickup intervals. Making Allston a center, not an annex, is going to be exceedingly hard—there is no magic bullet. But one foundational—not decorative—element of Allston (and therefore of Harvard) ought to be the arts alongside the sciences. A science park with dorms and high-end retail shops is not enough; my utopia Allston includes that fabulous science, the dorms and shops—alongside a cacophony...