Harry Potter
Deconstructing Harry
Kurt considers the shockwaves surrounding the final installment of modern literature’s most beloved English school boy, Harry Potter. Will JK Rowling really bump off the little wizard? We’ll hear from obsessive pre-teens, child psychologist Wendy Mogel, and Sara Nelson, the editor of Publishers Weekly, about the anxiety surrounding Potter’s fate. Produced by Jenny Lawton.
Two Vacancies: J.K. Rowling’s Novel and a New Archbishop
‘The Casual Vacancy’ is’nt like Harry Potter. Rowling’s latest novel is for adults. The World’s Alex Gallafent talks with anchor Marco Werman about the type of local English government that forms the backdrop to the novel, and about the Church of England.
Movies to Watch in 2012: ‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Hunger Games’
In 2011 two franchises based on novels for teens – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One” – overtook stoner comedies, CGI kiddie movies, and comic book adaptations at the box office. In 2012, the bigscreen adaptation of “The Hunger Games” will wage a similar battle against […]
The Scholarly Side of Harry Potter
Tonight at midnight, Harry Potter fans across America will be saying goodbye to their favorite bespeckled wizard, as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the final Harry Potter film, opens in theatres. What will the end of Harry Potter mean to the franchise’s loyal fans? Why has Harry Potter been so monumentally popular? And – […]