Word: wizardly
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...find Layla. Meanwhile, Rush (Freddie Highmore) hears music in the air and in his heart, and the sounds fill him with hope that his parents are still alive. By realizing his musical potential, Rush hopes to reunite with his family. Rush’s talents are first discovered by Wizard, a modern day Fagin, played by Robin Williams. Instead of pick-pocketing, Wizard supervises a raggedy bunch of street musicians. While Williams would have excelled at the role of a freelance artiste who teaches Rush how to play the guitar, the direction turns him into a psychotic, exploitive, and morally...
...along comes Rowling with Dumbledore--a human being, a wizard even, an indisputable hero and one of the most beloved figures in children's literature. Shouldn't I be happy to learn...
...years--just a lifetime spent around children and, for the seven years we know him, a fascination with the boy Potter. That's pathetic and frustratingly stereotypical. It's difficult to believe someone as wise and sane as Dumbledore couldn't find at least one wizard his age to take to the Three Broomsticks...
...films are (and will remain) one the most widely read stories of all time. Their miracle is their universal accessibility—they are loved by toddlers, teens, hippies, yuppies. And besides Potter himself, Albus Dumbledore is arguably the central figure of the entire saga—the only wizard whom Voldemort fears, the man who pulls all the strings, from page one to page zillion, to make sure that Harry can achieve his prophesied potential. Reading the book, Dumbledore becomes our grandfather, our protector, a God figure. To say we love him does not even come close...
...have such a great effect. She has tricked the homophobes into loving and mourning for a man whom they would have just as easily dismissed as monster or freak had they known his secret earlier. She has implicitly shown that sexuality need not be the defining characteristic of a wizard, that it does not correspond to some standard stereotype—and in doing so, she has moved beyond “gay pride” and towards true acceptance...