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Holly MathNerd's avatar

My only concern about the casting is that they may be afraid to have Snape be enough of an asshole to be true to the books. If they tone him down enough to not risk being called racist, he won't be Snape. Here's hoping they're braver than I fear.

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Nat Whilk's avatar

Very fresh! I feel like you’ve given voice to a messy mess of some frustrating truths as far as how to navigate the ever more polarizing social waters. And in the case of Snape, I think you’re 100% right that his character is the most important thing. I feel like sometimes the black washing can take on political overtones, but I could totally see it not being that in this case. I just hope they don’t import the LGBTQxyz agenda into Hogwarts… which might be too much to hope for.

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