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...Ignoring the realities of the world depicted in “Children of Men” might be the best recourse available. Directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón of “Y Tu Mama También” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” fame, the film imagines a world in which women are no longer able to bear children. Based on P.D. James’ novel, the film opens eighteen years after the last baby has been born, a phenomenon that coincides with—and perhaps...
...Harry Potter as a literary icon, of course, is not a sex symbol for many of the series’ readers (except perhaps the tweens). But the transition from the page to the screen has led to the over-sexing of our young hero. The whole thing has become just a little too Hollywood, a little too perfect...
...hate to admit to reading AOL News, but recently, a rather controversial article popped up in its circulating headlines. Daniel Radcliffe—the precocious, Elijah Wood look-alike who plays the title role in the Harry Potter movies—will be starring in a London production of “Equus” this month. The play is famous for its combination of gruesome animal violence and sexual overtones—and its full-frontal nude scene. Publicity photos for the play feature half-naked shots of Radcliffe, now 17, sporting chiseled abs and bronzer, sensually stroking...
While I concede that Radcliffe has every right to branch out, these publicity images don’t sit well with me. Perhaps it’s because the Harry Potter series is still being filmed, or because he’s underage (by American law at least), but something about these provocative photos of the world’s favorite boy-wizard is just creepy. I have no objections to his being in this play—“Equus” is one of the best plays I’ve ever seen?...
...Harry Potter, in the novels, is a gawky nerd with huge round glasses who hangs around with a bunch of outcasts. He spent most of his childhood being pummeled by his meathead cousin; he had an embarrassing first kiss experience; and he doesn’t entirely understand how to keep his hair combed. He appeals to the nerd in all of us. Harry Potter as a character has never tried to be cool or sought to be in any way attractive—which is why we love him so much...