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Harry Potter is indescribable. It is beyond genius, beyond perfect- even beyond supermegafoxyawesome<\/em>. The Harry Potter series is in a league of its own, and it has caused a phenomenon that somehow crosses age, gender, and cultural barriers. Mostly, though, for many 90s kids, Harry Potter is a kid we grew up with. When I asked a few of my friends what Harry Potter meant to them, one told me that she \u201cactually can\u2019t explain what Harry Potter means to [her]; imagine summing up your entire childhood,\u201d and another said that \u201cHarry Potter is just a whole other world to escape into.\u201d Somehow, these young wizards and witches shaped an entire generation of children.<\/p>\n Now that the series is finished and all the movies have been released, Harry Potter However, if you walk into this play thinking that you are actually going to see The two-man show stars Daniel Clark and Jeff Turner, British Children\u2019s TV The first third of the play was rather slow. The introduction and the first three But then they got to the Goblet of Fire, and the first game of Quidditch in the From the million costume changes to puppetry and slapstick, this comedy was fun for Emily Dyer Harry Potter is indescribable. It is beyond genius, beyond perfect- even beyond supermegafoxyawesome. The Harry Potter series is in a league of its own, and it has caused a phenomenon that somehow crosses age, gender, and cultural … Continue reading
\nfans are left searching for something new in the Potterverse. \u00a0That\u2019s is where J.K. Rowling\u2019s (STILL IN BETA TESTING) website pottermore, the Wizarding World theme park in Orlando, A Very Potter Musical, and millions of other authorized and unauthorized parodies and attractions find their audience. Potted Potter also draws the majority of its audience from Harry\u2019s hardcore fans.<\/p>\n
\nsomething vaguely similar to Harry Potter, you will be disappointed. If you go
\ninto the play expecting to see a traditional satire of a pop-culture icon, you
\nwill also be sorely disappointed. If you go into the play expecting to have a
\ngood time and laugh like mad, you will be in giggling hysterics by the end.<\/p>\n
\npersonalities and parody artists, who wrote and perform this 75-minute summary
\nof all seven Harry Potter books. Jeff comes off as the serious one; in the
\nplay, he is the Harry Potter expert and the production was his idea. Dan is the
\nbuffoon; he pretends to have read the books and often mixes Harry Potter up
\nwith the Lord of the Rings or Narnia. \u00a0Jeff plays Harry Potter, Dan plays the other 345 characters.<\/p>\n
\nbooks were not boring; they just weren\u2019t funny enough to make up for the
\ncomplete lack of adherence to the books. Hayley Goldfarb, who saw the show with
\nme, looked a bit sleepy through this part, and afterwards she said she \u201cwas a
\nbit worried until they got to the fourth book\u201d. In this part, we learn that Dan
\nspent the entire prop and actor budget on a dragon for the fourth movie (which
\nturned out to be a hand puppet), and that he has no idea what happens in any of
\nthe books.<\/p>\n
\nplay.\u00a0 Dan quickly organizes the audience in the Gryffindor and Slytherin teams, and brings two young children onstage. The boy who was the Slytherin seeker seemed to have a natural gift for comedy. He pretty much stole the show from it\u2019s two stars by telling Dan \u201che was the Snitch\u201d and grabbing his head, and by screaming \u201che calls for silence\u201d when Dan was trying to calm to crowd. After that, the show turned into a blur of
\nlaughter, which led straight into the finale, an adaptation of \u201cI Will Survive\u201d
\ncentered on the fight between Harry and Voldemort.<\/p>\n
\neveryone- except maybe some hardcore Potterites, who might not like the
\nextremely comedic mistreatment of the books. Although the play sometimes cover
\na little bit of the plot, Hermione is only mentioned once, most of the major
\nadult characters don\u2019t appear (including McGonagall, my favorite witch) and
\nabout 2900 of the 3000 pages of Harry Potter plot seem to be lost. Basically,
\nif you are looking for a Harry Potter summary, this is not the place to find
\nit. If you are looking for an outrageous good time, see this show now!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"